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Italy

398 seats on the table, and the named coalition holds 233.

Key takeaways

  1. 1

    Parliament. Brothers of Italy holds the most seats: 118 of 398 (30%). A majority needs 200.

  2. 2

    Headlines. The tone is steady: 14% of the last 14 days' headlines read grim, 8% upbeat. Top topic: Economy (14%).

  3. 3

    Government. Government barometer 61/100 (Builder). 0 of 2 moves on file read as smart, 0 as harmful.

Headline mood · 14 days

Line: mood · bars: stories

12 Nov · 7 stories · leaning grim0 upbeat · 6 neutral · 1 grim

What the headlines are about

  • Other 56%
  • Economy 14%
  • Security 13%
  • Society 10%
  • Politics 7%
  • Climate 1%

A simple word-list estimate from the daily wire headlines. Not a judgement.

Who holds the seats · Chamber of Deputies

398 seats · 200 for a majority (line)

Brothers of Italy

118 seats · 29.6%

118 on the Chamber group table. The Interior archive lists Brothers of Italy at 7,301,303 votes, 25.98 percent, and 69 list seats. The Chamber table lists the group at 118. The Corriere page of 26 September 2026 prints an Ipsos figure of 26.4 percent.

Map · mood compared

Italy

Overall mood: 14% grim, 8% upbeat · today -14

What changed today

12 Nov

  • 12 Nov: 7 stories (average 5); tone grimmer than usual.

New headlines

2 more headlines
Earlier this week: 10 more headlines

Headlines and summaries come from the linked sources; the selection is automatic.

Go deeper

Parties, people, promises, money

Chamber table · votes 25 Sep 2022

398 seats on the table, and the named coalition holds 233.

The seat map is the Chamber group table. It lists Brothers of Italy at 118, the Democratic Party at 68, the League at 56, Forza Italia at 51, and the Five Star Movement at 48. It also lists the Mixed group at 22, the Greens and Left Alliance at 10, Action at 10, We Moderates at 8, and Italia Viva at 7. Those ten rows sum to 398. Article 56 of the Constitution prints the number of deputies as four hundred. Two deputies are not on this table and are not drawn as a party. A majority of 398 is 200. The Prime Minister's programmatic speech names Brothers of Italy, the League, Forza Italia, and We Moderates as the governing coalition. Those four groups hold 233 seats, so they have a majority on this table. Vote shares are the Interior archive for 25 September 2022, Italy excluding Valle d'Aosta, not a figure on the later group table.

A score on this desk is an editorial average of six work topics, times ten, with the method written on the row.

The room

Chamber of Deputies

398 seats on the table · 200 to govern · coalition 233

The deal

Named coalition above a majority

200 seats would be a majority of 398. Brothers of Italy, the League, Forza Italia, and We Moderates have 118, 56, 51, and 8 on the Chamber table. That sum is 233. The programmatic speech names those four parties and does not add a fifth governing group on that page.

The mood

Election vs now

The left bar is the share of list votes in the Interior archive for 25 September 2022, Italy excluding Valle d'Aosta. The right bar is seats on the Chamber table divided by 398. They are different counts.

  • FdI
    26.4%
  • PD
    19.5%
  • Lega
    4.7%
  • FI
    7.3%
  • M5S
    14.5%
  • Mixed
    0.0%
  • AVS
    6.3%
  • Action
    3.0%
  • NM
    1.0%
  • IV
    2.1%

The first point is the list share in the Interior archive for 25 September 2022, as that page prints it. Action and Italia Viva both show 7.78 because they were one joint list, and the archive does not split it. The second point is the SWG survey for La7, fieldwork 16–21 September 2026, 1,200 interviews, as reprinted with the method note. The third point is the Ipsos reading printed by Corriere della Sera on 26 September 2026. That page does not print a sample size in the text we read. A sample is not the same question as votes cast. The Mixed group was not a list in either later reading, so its bar is empty.

The trend

From election night to now

Public pollster blend — not a forecast

The split

Seat share beside the 2022 vote

The right bar is seats divided by 398. The left bar is the list share. The later group table and the vote archive are different counts.

The mismatch

Seats they hold vs the poll

The seat bar is the Chamber headcount, divided by 398. The other bar is the Ipsos reading printed on 26 September 2026. An empty bar means that reading did not print the group as its own list.

The rude gauge

Growth king or a fight with work

Who grows the pie, who picks a fight with work. Cabinet sits at 61 / 100. The number is an editorial reading, not an official index. Six topics are averaged and multiplied by ten: energy supply, hiring, keeping and investing money, building, hours in paid work, and paperwork. Ten means the public record makes that easier for work. Zero means it makes it harder. A row with no cited party and no personal statute stays at the middle and is labelled not scored. The band is a label for that average, not a court ruling.

Against the workBuilderGrowth king

Full causal chains live on every promise

This week

The pulse

Chamber

Chamber groups

Brothers of Italy 118, League 56, Forza Italia 51, We Moderates 8. Together the four named coalition parties have 233 of 398.

Office

Offices

The government page names Giorgia Meloni as Prime Minister. The deputy card names Lorenzo Fontana as President of the Chamber.

Politics 101

How this country actually works

What this chamber drawing is

398 seats on the table. 200 to govern. The parties named in the speech have 233.

Counts are the Chamber group table. The ten groups sum to 398. Article 56 prints four hundred deputies. Two deputies are not on this table and are not drawn as a party. 200 is half of 398, rounded up. Vote shares are the Interior archive for 25 September 2022, Italy excluding Valle d'Aosta. The Mixed group was not one election list. Action and Italia Viva share the undivided joint-list figure of 7.78 percent.

Who holds the offices this desk names

Meloni, Prime Minister. Fontana, Chamber president. Braga, Democratic group.

The government page names Giorgia Meloni and five ministers, and does not print a party beside the ministers. The speech places Meloni with Brothers of Italy. The deputy card names Lorenzo Fontana of the League. The conference of group presidents lists Chiara Braga under the Democratic Party.

Elections

What is on the calendar

National elections and the major votes on these desks, for about the next 24 months. The date comes from the election authority. A poll appears only when a named pollster published it in the last 60 days.

Italian general election

Expected

Expected by December 2027

No polling day is set. The Chamber first sat on 13 October 2022 (https://www.camera.it/leg19/410?idSeduta=0001). The electoral law starts the five-year term on that sitting (https://legislature.camera.it/cost_reg_funz/667/668/723/lista.asp), so it runs to 13 October 2027. Article 61 of the Constitution requires the next election within 70 days, by 22 December 2027.

Date source: Costituzione, articolo 61

Voting intention

Ipsos

Ipsos for Corriere della Sera, published 26 September 2026. The article does not print a fieldwork range. Parties named in that article.

  • Fratelli d'Italia26.4%
  • Partito Democratico19.5%
  • Movimento 5 Stelle14.5%
  • Futuro Nazionale8.8%
  • Forza Italia7.3%
  • Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra6.3%
  • Lega4.7%
  • Azione3%
  • Italia Viva2.1%
  • +Europa2.1%
  • Noi Moderati1%

Ipsos

How foreigners are seen

Openness in Italy

Published surveys only. Each figure shows its source and year.

Who's welcomed

Share of adults in Italy with a favourable opinion of each country Pew asked about. A view of a country, not of its people.

Welcoming index

Derived from the two published measures below, not a survey result. Each input keeps its own year.

65.1/100

Mean of Gallup 6.49 of 9 (2016), rescaled to 72.1, and MIPEX 58 of 100 (2023).

The measures behind it (shown separately)

What expats say

InterNations Expat Insider 2025: rank out of 46 destinations, 1 is best.

  • Ease of settling in24 of 46
  • Culture and welcome21 of 46
  • Local friendliness25 of 46
  • Finding friends27 of 46

InterNations, Expat Insider 2025

All desks side by side

Pick a measure. Countries without a published figure show Unknown and sit at the end; they are not counted in the average.

Average of the 20 of 22 desks with a figure: 63.3 of 100. Unknown left out: Georgia, Thailand.

  1. Canada85.72024
  2. United States80.72020
  3. Portugal78.42023
  4. Australia76.82019
  5. Spain73.32024
  6. Ireland72.52023
  7. Netherlands69.92023
  8. Switzerland65.12019
  9. Italythis desk65.12023
  10. United Kingdom64.72020
  11. Germany64.62023
  12. South Korea64.12020
  13. France63.62024
  14. Japan59.22019
  15. Mexico51.92019
  16. Malta51.52024
  17. Cyprus50.62024
  18. United Arab Emirates46.72019
  19. Greece43.12024
  20. Estonia38.72024
  21. GeorgiaUnknownMIPEX does not cover this country, so the index cannot be built.
  22. ThailandUnknownMIPEX does not cover this country, so the index cannot be built.

In plain words

  • Expats ranked Italy 24 of 46 for ease of settling in (2025); its best sub-score was culture and welcome at 21.
  • Of the 3 countries Pew asked about here, United States drew the most favourable opinions (47%, 2025).
  • Favourable opinions of United States went from 61% in 2019 to 47% in 2025 (Pew).

Sources and method are listed under “How we source this” at the bottom of the page.

What it means for you

What it means for you

Only figures with a source and a date. Each source is listed under “How we source this” at the bottom of the page. Anything not listed here is not on file.

  • Taxes

    Article 16 of the consolidated value-added-tax decree, on a page updated 23 May 2026, says the tax is set at 22 percent of the taxable amount. Value-added tax is the tax on most goods and services. Legislative decree 10 of 19 January 2026 carries the same ordinary rate into a new code that applies from 1 January 2027.

  • Income

    The Labour Ministry note of 31 December 2025 on the 2026 budget law says the second personal-income-tax bracket, the slice between 28 and 50 thousand euros, falls from 35 percent to 33 percent. Personal income tax is the tax on a person’s income. The same note says the saving can reach 440 euros a year.

  • Benefits

    The INPS news page of 22 December 2025 says the minimum pension for employees and the self-employed reaches a base of 611.85 euros a month from 1 January 2026, after a provisional increase of 1.4 percent. The same page points to circular 153 of 19 December 2025.

Sources, licences and image credits

Data

  • Wire (public RSS feeds): X, ANSA English, ANSA Politica, la Repubblica, Governo italiano.
  • The left bar is the share of list votes in the Interior archive for 25 September 2022, Italy excluding Valle d'Aosta. The right bar is seats on the Chamber table divided by 398. They are different counts.
  • Editorial economic-competence gauge, not a court and not a Nobel. Six axes: energy, hiring, capital, building, hours in work, red tape. Scores are a judgement from public records of this term and the last — not a bribery charge, not a voting recommendation.

Survey sources

  • Italy — Gallup Migrant Acceptance Index 2016: Gallup. Neli Esipova, John Fleming and Julie Ray, “New Index Shows Least-, Most-Accepting Countries for Migrants”, Gallup, 23 August 2017. The full-country table lists Italy at 6.49. The survey-methods note says the index was asked in 138 countries in 2016, so the year used here is 2016. A later Italy score was not on that page. Source. Gallup allows a contextual citation when the publication date and a link are given. The table and graphics are not reproduced.
  • Italy — MIPEX overall score 2023: MIPEX. Migrant Integration Policy Index, Italy country page, headed 2023. The page prints an overall score of 58 on the 100-point scale. Source. The overall score is cited from the country page. The report is not reproduced.

Image credits

  • Brothers of Italy mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
  • Democratic Party mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
  • League mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
  • Forza Italia mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
  • Five Star Movement mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
  • Mixed group mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
  • Greens and Left Alliance mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
  • Action mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
  • We Moderates mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
  • Italia Viva mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
  • Flag of Italy — Wikimedia Commons · Public domain Source
Questions the desk actually answers

FAQ

Questions the desk actually answers

Is the Italy desk live on Nation Runner?
Yes. It draws the Chamber group table that sums to 398, the Interior archive for 25 September 2022, and the Prime Minister, Chamber president, and Democratic group president named on official pages. It is an editorial dashboard, not an official record.
Which culture figures does the Italy desk show?
Gallup’s Migrant Acceptance Index for Italy in 2016 (6.49 out of 9) and the Migrant Integration Policy Index score of 58, with 2023 printed beside that score. The Pew Spring 2025 rows already on the perceptions page are cited there.
Does the money tab score Italian political financing?
No. Zeros mean the access scale is not filled. A zero is not a finding that a party has no donors.
How we source this

Seats: Chamber group table. Constitution: article 56. Votes: Interior archive, 25 September 2022, Italy excluding Valle d'Aosta. Ballot support: SWG for La7, 16–21 September 2026, and the Ipsos reading printed by Corriere on 26 September 2026. Offices: the government page, the Chamber deputy card, and the conference of group presidents. Culture: Gallup 2016 and the Migrant Integration Policy Index headed 2023.

How foreigners are seen

Pew asks adults for their opinion of a country. That is a view of the country, not of its people or of any visitor. We never estimate a pair that was not asked; it shows as unknown.

InterNations ranks come from expats living in the country (46 destinations in 2025). Gallup's Migrant Acceptance Index runs from 0 to 9. MIPEX scores integration law and policy from 0 to 100.

Welcoming index: the mean of the Gallup index rescaled to 0–100 (score ÷ 9 × 100) and the MIPEX overall score, rounded to one decimal. It is derived, not a survey result, and the two inputs come from different years. If either input is missing the index is unknown: it is not estimated, it sorts last and it is left out of the average.

What it means for you

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