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Three years into her premiership, Giorgia Meloni has defied expectations when she was elected by holding together one of Italy’s most stable governments in recent memory.
Over roughly the past decade, Italy has had six governments, meaning about one every 1.7 years on average — an extraordinary rate of turnover even by Italian standards.
Yet while political calm has returned to Rome, the same cannot be said for Italy’s sluggish economy.
Growth forecasts continue to underwhelm, and waves of frustrated business leaders are pressing Meloni to move faster on reforms she promised, which pledge to bring Italy to the heights of more prosperous European economies.
According to a June 2025 projection by ISTAT, GDP growth will be around 0.6% in 2025 and 0.8% in 2026.
Political stability into economic momentum
As Italy’s economy grinds along with one of the weakest growth rates in Europe, pressure is mounting on Meloni to turn her government’s political stability into tangible economic momentum.
Business leaders who once praised her steady hand are now calling for speed and substance in reforming the country’s overburdened tax, banking, and regulatory systems.
For Joseph Gulino, managing partner at DRRT and a lawyer advising companies across Europe a
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