Brothers of Italy
Italian political party
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2024 | Galeazzo Bignami becomes Leader in the Chamber of Deputies. |
2024 | Secures 8 seats in the Emilia-Romagna regional council election, winning second place with 23.74% of votes and positioned in the opposition. |
2024 | Wins 3 seats in the Basilicata regional council election, securing first place with 17.4% of votes and maintaining a majority position. |
2024 | Wins 2 seats in the Liguria regional council election, securing second place with 15.1% of votes and maintaining a majority position. |
2024 | Secures 6 seats in the Abruzzo regional council election, winning first place with 24.1% of votes and achieving a majority position. |
2024 | Wins 9 seats in the Piedmont regional council election, securing first place with 24.4% of votes. |
2024 | Obtains 5 seats in the Sardinia regional council election, winning second place with 13.6% of votes and positioned in the opposition. |
2024 | European Parliament election where Meloni leads the party in all five constituencies, with Brothers of Italy winning 28.9% of the vote and 24 seats. |
September 2024 | Brothers of Italy is admitted into the International Democracy Union. |
June 2024 | A Fanpage.it investigation exposed Nazi and fascist behaviors within the party's youth organization 'National Youth', revealing militants using Nazi slogans and making fascist salutes. |
2023 | Arianna Meloni appointed as Head of Political Secretariat. |
2023 | Wins 5 seats in the Trentino regional council election, achieving a majority position. |
2023 | Wins 19 seats in the Lombardy regional council election, securing first place with 25.2% of votes and a majority position. |
2023 | Wins 19 seats in the Lazio regional council election, securing first place with 33.6% of votes and a majority position. |
2023 | Obtains 1 seat in the South Tyrol regional council election, maintaining a majority position. |
2023 | Secures 6 seats in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional council election, winning second place with 18.1% of votes and maintaining a majority position. |
2023 | Wins 3 seats in the Molise regional council election, securing first place with 18.9% of votes and a majority position. |
December 2023 | Annual party convention Atreju takes place, featuring international guests including British PM Rishi Sunak, Albanian PM Edi Rama, Spanish right-wing leader Santiago Abascal, and businessman Elon Musk. |
2022 | Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FdI condemned the invasion and promised to send arms to Ukraine, shifting the party's stance towards Atlantism. |
2022 | Giovanni Donzelli becomes Organisational Secretary. Tommaso Foti becomes Leader in the Chamber of Deputies. Lucio Malan becomes Leader in the Senate. |
2022 | Giovanni Donzelli becomes Organisational Secretary of the party. |
2022 | Secures 10 seats in the Sicily regional council election, winning first place with 15.1% of votes. |
2022 | Brothers of Italy achieves a major electoral breakthrough, winning 26% of votes and becoming the first party in both the Chamber of Deputies (87 seats) and the Senate (48 seats), marking Giorgia Meloni's rise to national political prominence. |
2022 | Brothers of Italy became the largest party in the Italian general election, marking a significant political shift. |
October 25 2022 | Meloni government successfully wins confidence votes in both houses of the Italian Parliament, establishing the first far-right-led coalition since World War II. |
October 22 2022 | Meloni government officially assumes functions after ministers are sworn in. |
October 20 2022 | Giorgia Meloni accepts the task of forming a new government following talks with President Sergio Mattarella. |
October 13 2022 | First day of the new parliamentary term, with Ignazio La Russa elected President of the Senate of the Republic, becoming the first politician with a neo-fascist background to hold this position. |
April 2022 | The party organized a large convention in Milan to discuss its political program and launch the campaign for the upcoming general election. |
February 2022 | Giorgia Meloni was a guest at the CPAC Conference in the United States. |
January 2022 | During the Italian presidential election (24-29 January), FdI voted for Carlo Nordio, while other main parties supported incumbent president Sergio Mattarella's re-election. |
2021 | Wins 4 seats in the Calabria regional council election, achieving a majority position. |
December 2021 | A Fanpage.it investigation revealed potential ties between FdI and neo-Nazis in the Milan party section. |
October 2021 | FdI distanced itself from New Force (FN) after they violently assaulted the Italian General Confederation of Labour's headquarters. |
2020 | Secures 7 seats in the Apulia regional council election, positioned in the opposition. |
2020 | Obtains 7 seats in the Marche regional council election, securing a majority position. |
2020 | Wins 2 seats in the Campania regional council election, positioned in the opposition. |
2020 | Wins 3 seats in the Tuscany regional council election, positioned in the opposition. |
2020 | Party participates in a joint list with Forza Italia in Aosta Valley, securing no seats. |
2020 | Secures 4 seats in the Veneto regional council election, achieving a majority position. |
2020 | Giorgia Meloni became leader of the European Conservatives and Reformists group. |
2019 | Carlo Fidanza continues as Leader in the European Parliament. |
2019 | Brothers of Italy wins 1 seat in the Umbria regional council election, securing a majority position. |
2019 | Brothers of Italy increases electoral performance, winning 6.4% of votes and securing 6 seats in the European Parliament, moving up to 5th position in the ECR Group. |
2019 | Brothers of Italy recruited several candidates for the European Parliament election, including five outgoing MEPs and former Forza Italia politicians. |
2019 | FdI joined the European Conservatives and Reformists political group. |
December 2019 | A Fanpage.it investigation revealed potential ties between FdI and neo-Nazis in the Milan party section. |
December 2019 | Gianni Alemanno returned to the party through the National Movement for Sovereignty (MNS) faction. |
December 2019 | Academic Đorđe Sredanović categorized FdI alongside neo-fascist parties CasaPound and New Force in the post-fascist/neo-fascist categories. |
December 7 2019 | The National Movement for Sovereignty, led by Roberto Menia and Gianni Alemanno, merged into Brothers of Italy. |
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