Italy has recognised same-sex civil unions since 5 June 2016,providing same-sex couples with all of the legal protections enjoyed by opposite-sex married couples,excluding joint adoption rights. A bill to allow such unions,as well as gender-neutral domestic partnerships,was approved by the Senate on 25 February 2016 and the Chamber of Deputies on 11 May and signed into law by the President Sergio Mattarella on 20 May of the same year. The law was published in the official gazette the next day and took effect on 5 June 2016. Before this,several regions had supported a national law on civil unions and some municipalities passed laws providing for civil unions,though the rights conferred by these civil unions varied from place to place.
Nicola Zingaretti is an Italian politician who served as President of Lazio from March 2013 to November 2022 and was Secretary of the Democratic Party from March 2019 until March 2021.
The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy. The party's secretary is Elly Schlein,elected in the 2023 leadership election,while the party's president is Stefano Bonaccini.
Maria Rosaria "Mara" Carfagna is an Italian politician and former showgirl and model. After obtaining a degree in law,Carfagna worked for several years on Italian television shows and as a model. She later entered politics and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Forza Italia party in 2006. From 2008 to 2011,she served as Minister for Equal Opportunity in Berlusconi IV Cabinet. In 2018 she was elected vice president of the Chamber of Deputies. In 2021,she has become the Minister for the South and territorial cohesion in the cabinet presided by Mario Draghi.
The Five Star Movement is a political party in Italy. Its leader and president is Giuseppe Conte,who served as Prime Minister of Italy from 2018 until 2021. The party was founded on 4 October 2009 by Beppe Grillo,a political activist and comedian,and Gianroberto Casaleggio,a web strategist,and is primarily described as populist of the syncretic kind,due to its members' insistence that it has no place in the left–right political spectrum. The party is a proponent of green politics,direct democracy and,broadly,progressivism.
Maria Elisabetta Alberti,known by her married name as Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati,is an Italian lawyer and politician,serving as Minister fo Institutional Reforms since 2022. She was President of the Italian Senate from 2018 to 2022. She was the first woman ever to have held this position. Casellati is a long-time member of the liberal-conservative party Forza Italia and served as Undersecretary of Health and Justice in previous governments. In 2022,she was nominated as candidate for President of Italy by the centre-right coalition.
Lorenzo Fontana is an Italian politician and member of the League (Lega),who is serving as President of the Chamber of Deputies since 14 October 2022.
Michaela Biancofiore is an Italian politician.
Roberto Speranza is an Italian politician of the Chamber of Deputies who served as national secretary of Article One. From 5 September 2019 until 22 October 2022,he has been serving as Minister of Health in the government of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and was later confirmed by Prime Minister Mario Draghi. During his tenure,he had to face the COVID-19 pandemic,which deeply affected Italy.
Carlo Cottarelli is an Italian economist and former director of the International Monetary Fund.
Paola De Micheli is an Italian manager and politician of the Democratic Party (PD),who served as Minister of Infrastructure and Transport in the government of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte from 2019 until 2021;she was the first woman to hold the office.
Elena Ethel "Elly" Schlein is an Italian politician who has been the secretary of the Democratic Party (PD) since 12 March 2023. She is a member of Italy's Chamber of Deputies and was previously the vice-president of Emilia-Romagna and a member of the European Parliament. On 26 February 2023,she was elected as the new secretary of the PD with 54% of the vote,becoming the first woman to lead the party.
Alessandra Locatelli is an Italian politician. A member of the League,she is serving as Minister for Disabilities in the Meloni Cabinet since 2022.
Vincenzo Spadafora is an Italian politician. A member of Together for the Future (IpF) and a former member of the Five Star Movement (M5S),he served as Minister for Youth Policies in the Conte government between 2019 and 2021.
The second Conte government was the 66th government of the Italian Republic and the second government led by Giuseppe Conte. The government was sworn in on 5 September 2019 to 13 February 2021.
Action is a liberal political party in Italy. Its leader is Carlo Calenda,a member of the European Parliament within the group of Renew Europe and former minister of Economic Development.
Lega,whose official name is Lega per Salvini Premier,is a right-wing populist political party in Italy,led by Matteo Salvini. The LSP is the informal successor of Lega Nord.
Italia Viva is a liberal political party in Italy founded in September 2019. The party is led by Matteo Renzi,a former Prime Minister of Italy and former secretary of the Democratic Party (PD). As of 2021,Italia Viva is a member of the European Democratic Party.
The 2021 Italian government crisis was a political event in Italy that began in January 2021 and ended the following month. It includes the events that follow the announcement of Matteo Renzi,leader of Italia Viva (IV) and former Prime Minister,that he would revoke IV's support to the Government of Giuseppe Conte.
Eugenia Maria Roccella is an Italian journalist and politician,who has been serving as Minister for Family,Natality and Equal Opportunities in the Meloni Cabinet since 22 October 2022. She is a member of Brothers of Italy (FdI),the party led by the prime minister of Italy,Giorgia Meloni.
