Politics · Italy · 7 hrs ago
Fabrizio Sala leaves Forza Italia and moves to Italy’s mixed group
Fabrizio Sala is leaving Forza Italia, a party in Italy’s governing coalition.
The lawmaker from Brianza, in Lombardy, says he no longer feels at home in the party where he began his political career.
He will join the mixed group in the Chamber of Deputies, which includes lawmakers not affiliated with a party group.
Sala says he will support Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government and hopes to be re-elected in 2027.
Brothers of Italy is his likely destination, but a political agreement between Meloni and Forza Italia leader Antonio Tajani currently prevents coalition partners from recruiting each other’s lawmakers.
The move to the mixed group is an interim step while Sala waits for conditions to change.
Fabrizio Sala has decided to leave Forza Italia and join the Mixed Group in Italy’s Chamber of Deputies.
He said he no longer feels at home in the party where he grew up politically.
Sala said he hopes to serve his home area of Brianza but no longer sees the conditions to do so as before within Forza Italia.
He plans to support Giorgia Meloni’s government and hopes to be reconfirmed in 2027.
Il Fatto Quotidiano reported that joining Brothers of Italy may be a later step, but a political pact between Meloni and Forza Italia leader Antonio Tajani currently prevents allies from taking each other’s lawmakers.
- Who
- Fabrizio Sala, a deputy who was a member of Forza Italia.
- What
- He has decided to leave Forza Italia and join the Chamber’s Mixed Group. He may later join Brothers of Italy.
- When
- The decision was reported on October 28, 2026. The article does not state when he will formally join the Mixed Group.
- Where
- Italy’s Chamber of Deputies.
- Why
- Sala said he no longer felt at home in Forza Italia and did not see the conditions to continue serving Brianza as before.
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Sala’s dissatisfaction with Forza Italia developed over several months.
Il Fatto Quotidiano reported that Sala had decided to leave Forza Italia for the Mixed Group.
Sala plans to support Giorgia Meloni’s government while waiting for conditions that could allow a possible move to Brothers of Italy.
Sala hopes to be reconfirmed.
- Deputy
- Fabrizio Sala
- Departing party
- Forza Italia
- Next group
- Mixed Group in the Chamber of Deputies
- Possible future party
- Brothers of Italy
- Hoped-for reconfirmation
- 2027
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What people are saying
I no longer feel at home in the political family in which I grew up.
That Forza Italia no longer exists.
I hoped to be able to be useful to Brianza, my land and my people.
I no longer see the conditions to continue doing so as before, in the party where I have always been.