A large frigate replacement can justify an Italian domestic class

Would the Italian Navy buy more FREMMs to replace its older frigate classes?

Possibly, but a replacement program that large could justify developing a new domestic class instead.

Buying more Franco-Italian FREMMs remains possible, but the number of replacement hulls changes the calculation. An order of that scale could justify the development cost of a domestic class. Replacing several older frigate groups creates enough work for an Italian design to become more plausible than extending the existing multinational program.