Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and the 24 ministers of the right coalition she leads, who formed the new government in Italy, sworn in at the Presidential Palace Quirinale in the capital, Rome. Meloni, who has the title of the first female prime minister of Italy, has been the first far-right prime minister to come to power in the country since the Second World War.
European Council President Charles Michel, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Parliament President Roberto Metsola and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban have congratulated Meloni on their social media accounts.