Date: 2019
Type: Article
The 2018 Italian parliamentary election and the first populist government in western Europe
West european politics, 2019, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 670-680
GARZIA, Diego, The 2018 Italian parliamentary election and the first populist government in western Europe, West european politics, 2019, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 670-680
- https://hdl.handle.net/1814/69628
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The 2013 election had heralded an unprecedented tripolar era for Italian politics, with the two traditional forces of the Second Italian Republic (Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right and variously assorted centre-left alliances) eventually matched, in terms of size, by the Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S) – to date, the most successful rookie of Italian politics with 25% of valid votes at its first national election (Garzia 2013). Such an impressive result, although insufficient to grant it the majority bonus in the Lower Chamber, had nonetheless been enough to complicate, to a large extent, the formation of a parliamentary majority. Indeed, the problematic nature of the electoral outcome resulted in a correspondingly long process of government formation, which took over two months.
Additional information:
First published online: 06 December 2018
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/69628
Full-text via DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2018.1535381
ISSN: 0140-2382; 1743-9655
Publisher: Routledge