2016/05/26 by Gianfranco Pasquino · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Populism, Right-Wing Movements #European Union Policy and Governance #Electoral Systems and Political Participation
paper · doi:10.1080/1354571x.2016.1169883
openalex publication_date 2016/05/26 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/02/08
On 22 February 2014 President Napolitano appointed Matteo Renzi to the office of President of the Council of Ministers (the correct title according to the Italian constitution). Since then the 39-year-old secretary of the Democratic Party has launched a series of institutional, economic, and social reforms. Claiming that it was of the utmost importance to scrap the old political class and to put Italy back to work, Renzi has already produced significant but, to say the least, controversial changes, as well as many clashes within his party and in the relationship between Italy and the European Union. This article will explore where the changes in his style of governing and in his party will lead the politics of Italy.