Meloni celebrates milestone as Italy's longest-lasting government

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: Meloni's government sets longevity record © agencies 02:20 Issued on: 04/09/2026 - 15:50Modified: 04/09/2026 - 15:57 Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is celebrating a milestone: her hard-right government is now the longest-lasting in the country's post war history. In a country known for its political instability, it's a notable record. But considerable challenges remain for Italy's first female prime minister, ahead of elections next year. FRANCE 24's Italy correspondent Seema Gupta reports. Keywords for this article