The new electoral law approved by Italy’s Chamber of Deputies is an improvement on its predecessor, but it still has crucial deficiencies

Following a ruling by the Constitutional Court of Italy that the country’s much criticised electoral law was ‘unconstitutional’, Italian political parties were in the process of agreeing in the spring of 2014 a new law to cover Italian elections.

The latest proposal was passed in Italy’s Chamber of Deputies on 12 March 2014 and will now pass to the Senate. Matteo Garavoglia outlines the new law and its likely impact on future elections. He notes that while it is an improvement on the previous arrangement, there are still important deficiencies that fall short of European democratic standards.

LSE EuroppBlog, 24.01.14: Italy’s new electoral law proposal is unlikely to make Italian governments more democratic or stable http://bit.ly/1c8OBFg

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