The 2022 Italian general election and the radical right's success

As 2017 did not feature any national election or referendum, Italian politicsmainly revolved around the strategies of the major players in advance of the March 2018 national elections. Among those were: a splinter in the governing Democratic Party (PD) and the ensuing formation of new left-wing electoral cartels; the consolidation of the Five Star Movement (M5S) as the main opposition party in the system; and the successful establishment of a right-wing coalition by the centre-right Forza Italia (FI), and the radical right parties Northern League (LN) and Brothers of Italy (FdI).While the issue of migration and asylum dominated national debates throughout most of the year, a major turning point was the approval of a new electoral law after the Italian Constitutional Court ruled several crucial elements of the pre-existing system unconstitutional.

West European Politics, 2019

Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica

Journal of Modern Italian Studies, 2015

Quaderni dell Osservatorio elettorale QOE - IJES

This introduction to the special issue places the 2022 Italian general election within the recent electoral history of Italy and the broader European context. Following the same multidimensional structure adopted for this collection of articles, here we address general questions regarding the significance of the last election, its dynamics, and implications. Firstly, to what extent did it represent a change compared to previous Italian elections? Secondly, can Italy still be regarded as an anomaly in the European context? Have the 2022 results widened or narrowed the political gap between the country and its neighbours? By providing a longitudinal and cross-sectional overview, our aim is to suggest some interpretative keys, which, in conjunction with the rich data presented and discussed by the authors of each article, may enable readers to draw general lessons about recent developments in Italian and European politics. Our overall argument is that, while clearly significant in its ...

Femina Politica – Zeitschrift für feministische Politikwissenschaft

2017

Italy will hold its next general election no later than spring 2018, with Beppe Grillo’s Five Star Movement (M5S) currently ahead in most of the recent polling. Daniele Albertazzi argues that despite intense media speculation about what a victory for the M5S could mean for Italy and its participation in the euro, the picture is far from clear and could be altered substantially by current negotiations over the country’s electoral law.

Electoral Studies, 2009

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The centre-left opposition won the Italian elections of 9-10 April 2006 by only 24,000 votes, which is 0.6 percent of the 38 million voters. It has also won the majority of seats in the Senate thanks to the votes of Italians living overseas. Since the majority in the Senate is only by two seats and the Senate has the same powers as the lower chamber, Prodi's government, which has Berlusconi after 5 years taken over from, may have a very difficult time. In regard to the party system that has emerged from the elections, a model of "fragmented bipolarity is confirmed": a changeover in power has occurred for the third consecutive time and many parties, perhaps at odds with one another, have remained within the two coalitions.

Rome, IAI, September 2022, 6 p. (IAI Commentaries ; 22|40), 2022

As Europe and the world looks on, Italy’s political setting is again confounding global opinion. The rise of the conservative right will undoubtably prove impactful for Italy’s domestic setting. This will also be true in light of Meloni’s somewhat clientelistic approach to politics. Her untested qualities of leader are matched by the inexperience and lack of qualified personnel to fill key posts in any future-administration, a further element that seems to point to a somewhat tumultuous start of the government, particularly when it comes to parliamentary politics.