Short vacations for politicians: we're back after mid-August, from the CL meeting to the Unità celebrations.

While the controversy over high beach resort prices continues, political leaders are ready to take a break for a few days. Empty benches, shutters down. The halls of Parliament, as well as Palazzo Chigi, are "closed for vacation." Politics, however, won't be on vacation for long. With the hottest events of September approaching—from regional election campaigns to the first steps toward the budget—ministers and party leaders are not giving up opportunities for debate to exchange views and have their say, shifting the political arena from institutional buildings to Italy's public squares and beaches.

The first major event is the Rimini Meeting, which traditionally brings together top government officials every year. Indeed, nearly all the ministers will be attending the event, which will be held from August 22nd to 27th, including Adolfo Urso , Giuseppe Valditara , Tommaso Foti , Matteo Piantedosi , Gilberto Pichetto Fratin , Francesco Lollobrigida , Orazio Schillaci , Alessandro Giuli , Giancarlo Giorgetti , and Alessandra Locatelli . Mario Draghi will open the event on the 22nd, and the final day will feature a meeting with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, scheduled for 12:00 p.m.

Deputy Prime Ministers Matteo Salvini and Antonio Tajani will be present at the Meeting, and are also expected at the eighth edition of the Affaritaliani.it festival, scheduled to take place in Ceglie Messapica from August 28 to 30. Also speaking during the various days in Puglia will be Azione secretary Carlo Calenda , Italia Viva leader Matteo Renzi , and Five Star Movement president Giuseppe Conte .

It's also a militant summer for the opposition, which, though not in full force, will see Conte, Elly Schlein , Angelo Bonelli, and Nicola Fratoianni take the stage at the Monk Theatre in Rome on September 3rd for the second national party of the Alliance of the Greens and the Left. The Democratic Party secretary will be the only "external" participant, busy with over 130 provincial Unity parties, including the one in Sicily, which will conclude with her appearance in Catania on a date yet to be determined.

And let's not forget the big Democratic Party celebration scheduled in Reggio Emilia from September 2nd to 14th, which this year coincides with the eightieth anniversary of the first Festa dell'Unità, held on September 2nd, 1945.

From the Bolgher Fest to the Festa de Erdel, Salvini's League will also be busy with a series of local events. All eyes, however, are on the Pontida meadow for the large rally on September 21st, where Deputy Secretary Roberto Vannacci is expected to attend.

Forza Italia, which kicked off its campaign in early August with the Southern Italy General Assembly in Calabria, will return to the scene with the party's youth festival in San Benedetto del Tronto from September 12th to 14th. The location and date appear to be no coincidence, given that the elections for the future governor of the Marche region will be held two weeks after the event.

There's no big upcoming celebration for the Brothers of Italy party, which is scheduled to hold its "Atreju" party like every December. However, in early August, the summer campaign "Justice and Security, Not Just Words. The Reforms Italy Has Been Awaiting for Decades" kicked off from the Ostia Lido. With gazebos set up in holiday resorts, flyers, and a personalized "tricolor puzzle," parliamentarians from the largest majority party will use the summer to explain the government's measures—both past and planned—to beachgoers across Italy.