Looking at the data at the birth of each executive, it emerges that the Meloni government has appointed the maximum number of members required by law, as the two governments led by Giuseppe Conte had done before. Unlike these, however, Meloni has appointed more ministers and fewer undersecretaries. More generally, however, it can be observed that in the last two legislatures the governments have all appointed 65 members, with the exception of the Draghi government which stopped at 64. In the previous legislature, however, the numbers were a little lower, reaching 61 or 62 members. These are the observations of the OpenPolis Foundation in an in-depth study dedicated to undersecretaries of state and deputy ministers, whose appointment "depends largely on the internal balances of each executive. By appointing the maximum number from the outset, the government can more easily satisfy the demands that come from the different forces of the majority. In this way, however, the executive precludes the possibility of new appointments when the political phase makes it appropriate." This decision also has an effect on the balance of power and on parliamentary work. Traditionally, in fact, the members of the government are for the most part also parliamentarians. Given the government's commitments, however, they usually devote little time to the work in the chamber and in the committees.
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