Talk:Politics of Italy

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Votes of Confidence
med. Xyzzyva 00:21, 30 April 2006 (UTC)


 * That's just what happened in Italy some days ago. In this case the prime minister has two options: either he resigns, or he tries to expand the coalition by making agreements with other political parties. If he resigns, another two options: either new elections are indicted, or he (or another politician from the same coalition) forms another government with new political parties.--Gspinoza 20:46, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

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Number of governments
The article states: "There have been frequent government turnovers since 1945, indeed there have been 61 governments in this time."

However, the article doesn't clearly explain what constitutes a government turnover, which isn't obvious to non-Italians given that the Christian Democracy held the prime ministership for 35 straight years during that period. List of Prime Ministers of Italy sheds some light on this; it appears that a government is considered to turnover when (a) there is a legislative election, (b) a party goes into or comes out of the government coalition, or (c) the prime minister changes. But that still doesn't explain all the government changes; I see that on 23 August 1982, there was a change between Giovanni Spadolini's 1st and 2nd governments, yet both governments had a DC-PSI-PSDI-PRI-PLI coalition. So how is an Italian government turnover defined? --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:30, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Italy is a Parliament-based system. A government changes when the parliament expires or when the parliament doesn't agree anymore to sustain the government team and actions.
 * When this happens a "crisis procedure" starts, the prime minister resign, the President of Republic interview the parliament groups leaders and decide for a new president and mandate.
 * Sometime it happens the new president is the same as the old one, but the "team" and "program" are rearranged to reflect the parliament opinions. The new team ask for a formal parliament approval, and -if it happens- the crisis closes.
 * When it is not possible to find a new agreement, the President of Republic dismiss the parliament and ask new elections.
 * Now, since during the "crisis" no government formally exist, even if the prime minister and the supporting coalition remain the same, we cannot say it is the same government. And we cannot even speak about "cabinet reshuffle" since there is no "cabinet": Citizens vote for the parliament composition, not for the president. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.116.246.120 (talk) 13:32, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Political parties and elections
The colors in the figures of the "Political parties and elections" section are out of sync with the table -- dramatically so. Westringia f. (talk) 13:43, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

Corruption
There doesn't seem to be much mention of corruption? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.149.1.46 (talk) 22:11, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

A technical update?
As far as I can see, the current governo tecnico under Monti is mentioned only in the lede. In the main article, the Second Republic subsection stops at Berlusconi IV. MistyMorn (talk) 13:28, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

"Government"
The introductory section of "Government", before the "Head of State" subsection, seems completely redundant and even a little condescending in tone - an explanation of what democracy is in children's terms does not, IMO, belong here. Chuborno (talk) 17:52, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

Section of Political Parties
The section of political parties lacked any citations, which begs the question of if the article is missing information or if the edits are biased, so what resources are used to construct this article? The history of the Italian political parties are more extensive than the section given in the article. Evaluating more sources and making additional citations could expand on the archive of political parties. Jmhines (talk) 20:16, 11 February 2019 (UTC)Jmhines
 * Now cited to Geoffrey Pridham, Political Parties and Coalitional Behaviour in Italy (2013); and Günther Pallaver et al. eds. Populism, Populists, and the Crisis of Political Parties: A Comparison of Italy, Austria, and Germany 1990-2015 (2018) excerpt. Rjensen (talk) 22:42, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Section on the First Republic
The last paragraph within the section on the First Republic lacks citations. This section may reflect some biased because of the lack of citations and resources. If this information given in this section from a recourse, does that resource have a neutral opinion? Jmhines (talk) 21:35, 11 February 2019 (UTC)Jmhines


 * now cited to Frederic Spotts and Theodor Wieser, eds. Italy: A Difficult Democracy: A Survey of Italian Politics . (1986) etc. Rjensen (talk) 22:46, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Image: Regions of Italy by President's party
Unclear which year this is in reference to Bergmanucsd (talk) 03:18, 21 March 2019 (UTC)bergmanucsd

Hi :) Why do the articles Lega Nord Alto Adige – Südtirol and Lega Nord Valle d'Aosta have this name? They should be renamed as Lega Nord Sud Tirolo and Lega Nord Vallée d'Aoste as the logo shows + ANSA. Thanks for sharing your opinion. --Simoncik84 (talk) 15:51, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

Name of parties
Hi :) Why do the articles Lega Nord Alto Adige – Südtirol and Lega Nord Valle d'Aosta have this name? They should be renamed as Lega Nord Sud Tirolo and Lega Nord Vallée d'Aoste (as main title) as the logo shows + ANSA. Thanks for sharing your opinion. --Simoncik84 (talk) 15:51, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

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Why is the alleged rigging of a refetendum relevant?
I am not sure why thats in the opening... Ho ho ha hay (talk) 11:41, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

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