Meloni's government becomes Italy's longest-serving as she looks ahead to 2027 election

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni celebrated a political milestone in Bari on 4 September, as her government reached 1,413 days in office — making it the longest-serving single administration in the history of the Italian Republic. The tenure surpasses the previous record of 1,412 days set by Silvio Berlusconi's second government.

Addressing supporters, Meloni pointed out that the three longest-serving governments in Italian republican history have all been center-right administrations, presenting this as proof of her coalition's cohesion and stability. She described stability itself as her government's "first great reform," arguing that political continuity allowed her cabinet to pursue economic and foreign policy goals that shorter-lived Italian governments have historically struggled to achieve.

Achievements and the road to 2027

In a speech that effectively opened her campaign for the 2027 elections, Meloni acknowledged that a stable government is not automatically the most capable one — rather, it is simply one that has had more time to be judged by voters. A YouTrend poll published the same day put her Brothers of Italy party at 26.5% in voting intentions, close to the 26.04% it won in the 2022 elections.

Meloni also addressed justice and security policy, pledging to build more prisons to ensure sentences are enforced and rejecting pardons or amnesties as solutions to prison overcrowding. She reaffirmed her government's commitment to continuing judicial reform despite the defeat of a constitutional overhaul in a 2026 referendum, where roughly 54% of voters rejected proposals to separate the career paths of judges and prosecutors and change the judiciary's self-governing body.

In a more personal passage, Meloni described the difficulty of governing and pushing through resistance to change, comparing some days to "swimming through glue," but insisted she would not give up.

Opposition pushes back

Opposition figures argue that Italy's structural problems — including weak productivity growth, low wages and strained public services — remain unresolved. They also accuse Meloni's coalition of cutting healthcare and education funding while focusing primarily on controlling public debt and the deficit.