Letta government
62nd government of the Italian Republic
The Letta government was the 62nd government of the Italian Republic. In office from 28 April 2013 to 22 January 2014, it comprised ministers of the Democratic Party (PD), The People of Freedom (PdL), Civic Choice (SC), the Union of the Centre (UdC), one of the Italian Radicals (RI), and three non-party independents. Led by the PD deputy-secretary Enrico Letta as Prime Minister of Italy, the government was referred to by journalists as a "grand coalition" (Italian: grande coalizione), or "government of broad agreements" (Italian: governo di larghe intese).
At formation, the Letta government benefited from a supermajority in the Italian Parliament, one of the largest in the history of the Italian Republic. It was the youngest government to date, with a median age of 53. It was sworn in on 28 April 2013 and won the confidence vote in the Chamber of Deputies on 29 April, and then the Senate of Republic on 30 April.
History
Formation
The 2013 Italian general election, held on 24–25 February, saw the rise of the Five Star Movement (M5S) and the lack of a common majority in both houses of Parliament. More specifically, the centre-left coalition (known as Italy. Common Good) was ahead of the centre-right coalition but controlled a majority only in the Chamber of Deputies, meaning there was a hung parliament. The election was followed by weeks of deadlock, including various failed attempts either to elect a new President of Italy to succeed Giorgio Napolitano and form a government, the establishment of a panel of experts by the President himself (the "wise men") in order to outline priorities and formulate an agenda to deal with the persistent economic hardship and growing unemployment, and ultimately the resignation of Pier Luigi Bersani as secretary of the PD.
On 22 April 2013, Napolitano, after being re-elected for an unprecedented second term, immediately started consultations.
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