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In particular, populist ideals began to manifest. After the political scandals of the 1990’s, the Italian public began to produce anti-establishment, anti-bureaucratic, and anti-elitist attitudes. These attitudes were utilized in new politicians when forming new 2nd Republic parties. Berlusconi is an example of how politicians utilized the reinvention of ideologies, transferring the discontent towards the past successes. This growing satisfaction from the failures of the 1st Republic, new parties began to develop from the unsatisfied Italian public.

Along with the development of new parties, some parties from the 1st Republic were reinvented. About some of the constituency for the Christian Democracy party became engulfed in Lega Nord. New center-right and center-left parties, such as Berlusconi’s Forza Italia and Italian Democratic Party, were created to elevate the new ideology pressure.