| Author (Person) | Scazzieri, Luigi |
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| Publisher | Centre for European Reform (CER) |
| Series Title | Insight |
| Series Details | April 2018 |
| Publication Date | 18/04/2018 |
| Content Type | Journal | Series | Blog |
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Background information + Results of the Italian general election, 4 March 2018 The results of the Italian general election 2018 showed that no single party reached a governing majority. The Five-star movement gained most votes (31.34%), followed by the Northern League (18.36%). However, the Centre-Right coalition, which included Northern League, Go Italy (13.4%), Brothers of Italy (4.23%) and the smaller party Us with Italy UDC (1.19%), reached 37% of votes. The Left failed in the election: Free and Equals gained 3.5% of votes, while the Democratic Party only reached 19.86%. Its leader and a previous Prime Minister Matteo Renzi resigned. A possible solution to the absence of a majority was a broad coalition. Italian President Sergio Mattarella instigated a protracted period of negotiations with party leaders to find a workable solution. The two populist and somewhat Eurosceptic parties Five Star Movement and Northern League reached an agreement about a new coalition government on the 13 May 2018. According to a draft of their programme they would seek: + to ask the European Central Bank to forgive €250 billion of Italian debt On 23 May 2018, President Mattarella approved Professor Giuseppe Conte as the new Prime Minister, giving him the mandate to form a government. On 27 May 2018, President Mattarella refused to accept the nomination of eurosceptic Paolo Savona as Economy Minister proposed by Giuseppe Conte. This led Prime Minister-designate led Conte to resign and opened again the governmental crisis in Italy. |
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| Source Link | Link to Main Source http://cer.eu/insights/what-italian-election-means-eu |
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| Countries / Regions | Europe, Italy |
