Parliamentary elections in Italy 2018

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32.68
18.74
17.34
13.98
4.37
3.39
2.57
1.31
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c 2013 as LN, La Destra and PSd'Az
d 2013 as PdL
f 2013 as SEL
g 2013 as RI and CD
h 2013 as SC and UdC
i 2013 as RC
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40
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37.00
32.68
22.85
3.39
4.08
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right a
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left c
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Remarks:
a 2013: center-right and Monti except FLI
c 2013: IBC
d 2013: part of IBC
House of Representatives Seat distribution 2018 2
            
A total of 630 seats
2 all seats including international results
Senate seat distribution 2018 2
       
A total of 315 seats
  • PD : 53
  • M5S : 112
  • Otherwise: 12
  • NcI : 5
  • FI : 57
  • FdI : 18
  • Lega : 58
2 all seats including international results

The early parliamentary elections in Italy in 2018 took place on March 4, 2018. The legislative period would have expired on March 14, 2018. On December 28, 2017, President Mattarella signed the decree dissolving the two chambers of the Italian Parliament and fixing the election date. All members of the Chamber of Deputies ( Camera dei deputati ) and almost all members of the Senate ( Senato della Repubblica ) were newly elected . The two chambers of parliament met on March 23, 2018 for their constituent session and elected their presidents the following day. For this reason, the last incumbent Gentiloni cabinet under Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni resigned on March 24, 2018, but was entrusted by President Mattarella with the management of current official business until a new government was sworn in.

Suffrage

After the reform of the Senate planned by the Renzi government was rejected in a referendum and the amendment to the Chamber of Deputies was partially invalidated by the Constitutional Court in May 2015 , a new electoral law had to be found. In autumn 2017, PD, FI, LN and ALA agreed on a new right to vote known as Rosatellum bis . The name refers to Ettore Rosato , leader of the PD group in the Chamber of Deputies , who proposed the basic principles of the electoral law.

The rosatellum is a ditch suffrage . In each chamber of parliament, 37% of the seats are allocated by relative majority voting in single-constituencies and 61% of the seats are allocated proportionally by proportional representation with rigid lists. Another 2% are in the international constituencies. 232 members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected by majority vote, 386 by proportional representation and twelve in the foreign constituencies. 116 senators were elected by majority vote, 193 by proportional representation and six in the international constituencies. There are also some senators for life, for example the former presidents of the Republic of Italy.

As has been the case up to now, the parties can compete in coalitions. The coalitions run in single constituencies with a common candidate.

The voter has one vote. He uses it to elect a candidate from his constituency. He can either tick the candidate or one of the lists of the coalition that supports the candidate. In the first case, the vote is distributed proportionally to the participating lists of the coalition.

There is a nationwide threshold of 3% for individual lists for participation in the distribution of proportional seats. For coalitions there is a nationwide threshold of 10%, whereby at least one list must have reached 3%. A regional threshold of 20% or two direct mandates applies to minority parties. Votes for lists with less than 1% of the vote will not be taken into account, even if the coalition has exceeded the threshold clause (with the exception of minority parties). The seats that a party receives in proportional representation are then distributed to their lists in multi-person constituencies.

Coalitions and parties

Center-left coalition

Matteo Renzi , the center-left coalition's top candidate

The ruling Partito Democratico (PD, Democratic Party) is running in a center-left coalition. The top candidate is former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi . The PD is considered to be social democratic to social liberal. Three smaller alliances are involved in their coalition: the Christian Democratic alliance Civica Popolare ( Alternativa Popolare , Italia dei Valori , Centristi per l'Europa , Democrazia Solidale , Unione per il Trentino , L'Italia è Popolare , Italia Popolare and Unione Popolare Cristiana ), the progressive alliance Italia Europa Insieme ( Partito Socialista Italiano , Federazione dei Verdi (Greens), Area Civica and others) and the pro-European alliance Più Europa ( Radicali Italiani , Centro Democratico , Forza Europa , Area Progressista ). Then there is the regional alliances of the South Tyrolean People's Party - Partito Autonomista Trentino Tirolese and the Vallée d'Aoste - Tradition et Progrès (made up of politicians from the PD and the parties Union Valdôtaine , Union Valdôtaine Progressiste and Edelweiss Popolare Autonomista Valdostano ).

Center-right coalition

Matteo Salvini , the center-right coalition's top candidate

As in 2013, the conservative and economically liberal Forza Italia (FI, Vorwärts Italy , 2013 still Il Popolo della Libertà , PdL) by Silvio Berlusconi , the right-wing populist Lega Nord (Lega, Liga Nord ) by Matteo Salvini and the national conservative Fratelli d'Italia ( FdI, Brothers of Italy ) the center-right coalition. Then there is the Christian-democratic-centrist alliance Noi con l'Italia (NcI; among others with UdC , SC , DI , UDEUR and MpA ). This alliance is largely identical to the Con Monti per l'Italia coalition in the 2013 election. The coalition also includes the regional list Centrodestra Valdostano in the Aosta Valley and the Salvini-Berlusconi-Meloni list in the constituency abroad.

Other small parties appear on the lists of the parties involved, including Energie per l'Italia (EpI; liberal-Christian-democratic), Movimento Nazionale per la Sovranità (MNS; nationalist) and Noi con Salvini (NcS; right-wing populist, running together with the Lega North). This also includes the regional parties L'Alto Adige nel Cuore (South Tyrolean regional party; national conservative, competes regionally together with FdI), # DiventeràBellissima and the Partito Sardo d'Azione (PSd'Az) , which is running in Sardinia together with the Lega Nord .

Five Star Movement

Luigi Di Maio , top candidate of the five-star movement

The MoVimento 5 Stelle (M5S, five-star movement) initially waived the option of forming a coalition with other parties before and after the election. The movement is considered populist and critical of the EU. The top candidate Luigi Di Maio was determined in September 2017 in an internal party primary. Party chairman is Beppe Grillo .

Free and equal

Pietro Grasso , top candidate of the Free and Equal Association

Liberi e Uguali (LeU, Free and Equal) is the union of three left parties: on the one hand the Sinistra Italiana (SI, Italian Left), on the other hand two splits from the PD, the Movimento Democratico e Progressista and Possibile . The list also includes candidates from the Democrazia Autonoma and the Greens of South Tyrol . The top candidate is Pietro Grasso .

Other parties and electoral alliances

The following lists appeared in at least half of the constituencies of the Chamber of Deputies or the Senate:

  • Potere al Popolo (Power for the People) is a joint list of several communist and left-wing parties and associations. Among other things, it includes the Partito della Rifondazione Comunista and the Partito Comunista Italiano .
  • CasaPound Italia , neo-fascist
  • Il Popolo della Famiglia (The People of the Family), Christian-conservative
  • Italia agli Italiani (Italy to the Italians), joint list of the two neo-fascist parties Forza Nuova and Fiamma Tricolore , regionally with the participation of the Lega d'Azione Meridionale
  • Partito Comunista (Communist Party)
  • Partito Valore Umano (Party of Human Values)
  • Partito Repubblicano Italiano – ALA (Republican Party of Italy – Liberal People's Alliance), joint list of the liberal Partito Repubblicano Italiano and Alleanza Liberalpopolare
  • Per una Sinistra Rivoluzionaria (For a Revolutionary Left), joint list of the Trotskyist Partito Comunista dei Lavoratori and Sinistra classe rivoluzione

Another 19 lists competed, five of them only in the foreign constituencies. The other lists include the Lista del Popolo per la Costituzione (People's List for the Constitution), a left-wing anti-corruption list led by Antonio Ingroia in nine constituencies of the Chamber of Deputies and seven of the Senate, and the liberal 10 Volte Meglio (10 times better ) in 14 constituencies of the Chamber. In the constituencies abroad, the Movimento Associativo Italiani all'Estero (MAIE) and the Unione Sudamericana Emigrati Italiani (USEI), both of which are currently represented in parliament, ran.

Survey

From February 17, 2018, the publication of surveys is prohibited.

Last polls before the election

After party

Institute date M5S PD FI NcI LN LeU FdI + E I. CP Otherwise.
Termometro Politico 02/16/2018 26.3% 21.5% 15.9% 1.8% 14.8% 5.3% 5.0% 2.8% 0.9% 0.9% 4.8%
Demopolis 02/15/2018 28.0% 22.5% 16.5% - 14.2% 6.0% 5.0% - 7.8%
Euromedia 02/14/2018 26.8% 22.1% 17.3% 2.3% 14.2% 5.8% 4.8% 2.3% 0.8% 0.5% 3.1%
Piepoli 02/14/2018 27.0% 24.5% 16.0% 3.0% 13.0% 6.0% 5.0% 3.0% 1.0% 0.5% 1.0%
IPR 02/13/2018 28.5% 22% 16.5% 3% 14.5% 4.5% 4.5% 2.8% 1 % 2% 1.5%
Tecné 02/13/2018 28.3% 21.8% 18.3% 2.9% 12.8% 5.0% 5.3% 2.6% - - 3.0%
Bidimedia 02/12/2018 25.3% 24.4% 16.3% 2.5% 14.5% 3.9% 4.6% 1.9% 1.0% 1.4% 4.2%
EMG 02/11/2018 27.3% 22.8% 16.1% 2.8% 13.9% 5.2% 4.6% 2.1% 1.6% 1.0% 2.6%
Lorien 02/11/2018 27.6% 23.6% 17.9% 1.2% 12.3% 5.0% 4.6% 1.2% 0.8% 1.5% 4.4%
Demopolis 02/09/2018 28.3% 22.8% 16.3% - 14.0% 5.8% 4.7% - 8.1%
SWG 02/08/2018 28.0% 23.3% 15.7% 2.0% 13.1% 6.5% 4.8% 2.8% 0.8% 1.3% 1.7%
index 02/08/2018 27.3% 23.5% 15.7% 2.6% 14.1% 6.0% 5.0% 1.9% 1.5% 1.1% 1.3%
Termometro Politico 02/02/2018 26.8% 22.0% 15.5% 1.5% 14.0% 5.3% 5.6% 1.9% 1.2% 0.6% 5.7%
Ixé 02/01/2018 28.7% 22.0% 17.0% 2.0% 11.5% 7.3% 4.3% 2.6% 0.4% 0.8% 3.4%
Piepoli / Euromedia 02/01/2018 27.2% 23.8% 17.8% 2.3% 13.8% 5.7% 4.5% 1.6% 1.1% 0.8% 1 %
Ipsos 01/24/2018 29.3% 22.7% 16.9% 1.1% 13.7% 6.1% 4.6% 4.0% 1.6%
Election 2013 02/25/2013 25.6% 25.4% 21.6% 10.9% 4.1% 3.2% 2.0% 0.7% - - 6.5%

According to coalition

Institute date Middle left Middle right M5S LeU Otherwise.
Termometro Politico 02/16/2018 25.5% 37.5% 26.3% 5.3% 5.4%
Demopolis 02/15/2018 27.0% 38.0% 28.0% 6.0% 1.0%
Euromedia 02/14/2018 26.1% 38.6% 26.8% 5.8% 2.7%
Piepoli 02/14/2018 29.3% 37.0% 27.0% 6.0% 0.7%
IPR 02/13/2018 28.2% 38.5% 28.5% 4.5% 3.3%
Bidimedia 02/12/2018 29.2% 37.2% 25.3% 4.6% 3.7%
IPR 02/13/2018 28.2% 38.5% 28.5% 4.5% 3.3%
Bidimedia 02/12/2018 29.2% 37.2% 25.3% 4.6% 3.7%
EMG 02/11/2018 27.9% 37.4% 27.3% 5.2% 2.2%
Lorien 02/11/2018 27.1% 36.0% 27.6% 5.0% 4.3%
Demopolis 02/09/2018 27.5% 37.2% 28.3% 5.8% 1.2%
SWG 02/08/2018 28.5% 35.6% 28.0% 6.5% 1.4%
index 02/08/2018 28.0% 37.4% 27.3% 6.0% 1.3%
Tecné 07.02.2018 25.7% 39.3% 28.0% 5.7% 1.3%
Termometro Politico 02/02/2018 26.1% 36.3% 26.8% 5.6% 5.2%
Ixé 02/01/2018 25.8% 35.3% 28.7% 7.3% 2.9%
Piepoli / Euromedia 02/01/2018 27.7% 38.4% 27.2% 5.7% 1 %
Ipsos 01/24/2018 26.7% 36.3% 29.3% 6.1% 1.6%
Election 2013 02/25/2013 29.5% 29.2% 25.6% 3.2% -

Older polls

After party

January - February 2018
Institute date M5S PD FI NcI LN LeU FdI + E I. CP Otherwise.
Tecné 07.02.2018 28.0% 22.1% 18.3% 2.9% 13.2% 5.7% 4.9% 1.6% - - 3.3%
EMG 04/02/2018 27.2% 23.0% 15.8% 2.8% 14.3% 5.4% 4.6% 1.9% 1.6% 1.0% 2.0%
Bidimedia 02/02/2018 26.2% 24.2% 16.2% 2.2% 13.3% 5.0% 4.2% 1.6% 1.2% 1.6% 4.3%
index 02/01/2018 26.9% 23.8% 15.8% 2.5% 13.7% 6.3% 5.0% 1.6% 1.8% 1.1% 1.7%
EMG 02/01/2018 26.9% 23.8% 16.0% 2.8% 13.6% 5.3% 4.8% 1.6% 1.8% 1.0% 2.0%
SWG January 31, 2018 28.4% 23.7% 15.9% 2.3% 12.9% 6.0% 5.1% 2.0% 1.0% 1.1% 1.6%
Demopolis 01/29/2018 29.5% 23.0% 16.0% - 14.0% 6.0% 4.5% - -
Tecné 01/29/2018 27.8% 22.2% 18.3% 2.8% 12.8% 6.2% 5.1% 1.6% - - 3.2%
EMG 01/28/2018 26.5% 24.0% 15.9% 2.8% 13.8% 5.7% 5.0% 1.6% 1.7% 1.0% 2.0%
Piepoli / Euromedia 01/25/2018 27.5% 25.5% 15% 2.5% 13.5% 7% 4.5% 2.5% 0.5% 0.5% 1 %
index 01/25/2018 27.0% 24.0% 15.8% 2.1% 13.7% 6.5% 5.2% 1.3% 1.6% 1.0% 1.8%
Ixé 01/25/2018 29.2% 21.8% 16.7% 2.2% 11.9% 7.0% 4.4% 2.0% 0.7% 0.9% 3.2%
SWG 01/24/2018 27.8% 24.0% 16.0% 2.2% 13.0% 6.4% 5.5% 1.5% 0.9% 1.3% 0.6%
IPR 01/23/2018 28% 22% 16% 3% 12% 6% 6% 2% 1 % 2% 2%
Tecné 01/22/2018 27.0% 22.3% 18.2% 2.8% 12.6% 6.2% 5.4% 1.8% - - 3.7%
Lorien 01/22/2018 29.2% 25.3% 15.9% 1.4% 12.2% 5.9% 4.0% 1.1% 0.2% 1.4% 1.5%
EMG 01/21/2018 27% 23.7% 16.0% 2.7% 13.9% 6.1% 5.1% 1.4% 1.6% 1 % 1.1%
Ixé 01/19/2018 27.8% 22.3% 17.4% 2.5% 11.3% 7.4% 4.5% 1.9% 0.6% 1.2% 3.1%
index January 17, 2018 27.5% 24% 15.6% 1.5% 13.6% 6.5% 5.3% 1.4% 1.5% 1 % 1.1%
SWG January 17, 2018 27.3% 23.6% 16.0% 2.0% 13.2% 6.8% 5.7% 1.2% 0.8% 1.3% 2.1%
Bidimedia January 15, 2018 27.0% 24.1% 16.1% 1.8% 12.9% 5.9% 4.5% 1.3% 1.0% 1.4% 2.5%
Piepoli / Euromedia January 15, 2018 27% 25% 15% 2.5% 14% 7% 5% 1.5% 1 % 1 % 1 %
EMG 01/12/2018 28.2% 24.1% 14.8% 2.2% 13.6% 5.6% 5.4% 1.4% 1.5% 1 % 2.1%
Demopolis 11/01/2018 29.2% 23.5% 15.6% 1.9% 13.8% 6.5% 5.0% 3.5% 1.0%
index 11/01/2018 28% 24% 15% 1.6% 13.7% 6.2% 5.4% 1.5% 1.7% 0.8% 2.1%
Ipsos 11/01/2018 28.7% 23.1% 16.5% 0.9% 13.8% 6.4% 4.7% 1.2% 1.4% 1.8% 1.5%
Ixé 10/01/2018 27.8% 23.1% 17.2% 2.4% 11.8% 7% 4.9% 1.7% - 1.7% 2.4%
SWG 10/01/2018 26.7% 23.1% 16.7% 1.6% 13.1% 6.8% 5.7% 1.3% 0.9% 1.4% 2.7%
IPR 09/01/2018 28% 22% 16% 2.7% 13% 5% 6.3% 2.5% 0.5% 2.5% 1.5%
Tecné 01/08/2018 28.1% 20.7% 18% 2.6% 12.6% 6.7% 5.3% 4.3% 1.7%
Demopolis 01/08/2018 29% 24% 15.3% 1.9% 14% 7% 5% 2.5% 1.3%
EMG 07/01/2018 28.2% 24.1% 14.8% 2.2% 13.6% 5.6% 5.4% 1.4% 1.5% 1 % 2.1%
Election 2013 02/25/2013 25.6% 25.4% 21.6% 10.9% 4.1% 3.2% 2.0% 0.7% - - 6.5%

According to coalition

January - February 2018
Institute date Middle left Middle right M5S LeU Otherwise.
EMG 04/02/2018 27.9% 37.5% 27.2% 5.4% 2.0%
Bidimedia 02/02/2018 29.1% 35.9% 26.2% 5.0% 3.8%
index 02/01/2018 28.3% 37.3% 26.9% 6.3% 1.2%
EMG 02/01/2018 28.6% 37.2% 26.9% 5.3% 2.0%
SWG January 31, 2018 28.1% 36.2% 28.4% 6.0% 1.5%
Demopolis 01/29/2018 23.0% 34.8% 29.5% 6.0% 6.7%
Tecné 01/29/2018 25.9% 39.0% 27.8% 6.2% 1.1%
EMG 01/28/2018 28.7% 37.5% 26.5% 5.7% 1.6%
Piepoli / Euromedia 01/25/2018 29% 35.5% 27.5% 7% 1 %
index 01/25/2018 27.9% 37.3% 27.0% 6.5% 1.8%
Ixé 01/25/2018 25.4% 35.4% 29.2% 7.0% 3.0%
SWG 01/24/2018 28.1% 36.7% 27.8% 6.4% 1.0%
IPR 01/23/2018 27% 37% 28% 6% 2%
Tecné 01/22/2018 26.3% 39.2% 27.0% 6.2% 1.3%
Lorien 01/22/2018 28.0% 34.0% 29.2% 5.9% 1.0%
EMG 01/21/2018 28.1% 37.7% 27% 6.1% 1.1%
Ixé 01/19/2018 26% 35.7% 27.8% 7.4% 3.1%
index January 17, 2018 27.9% 37% 27.5% 6.5% 1.1%
SWG January 17, 2018 27.3% 37.2% 27.3% 6.8% 1.4%
Bidimedia January 15, 2018 28.4% 36.0% 27.0% 5.9% 2.7%
Piepoli / Euromedia January 15, 2018 28.5% 36.5% 27% 7% 1 %
EMG 01/12/2018 27.8% 36.7% 27.9% 5.8% 1.8%
Demopolis 11/01/2018 27.0% 36.3% 29.2% 6.5% -
index 11/01/2018 28% 36.7% 27.9% 6.5% 1.1%
Ipsos 11/01/2018 27.5% 35.9% 28.7% 6.4% 1.5%
SWG 10/01/2018 27.1% 37.6% 26.7% 6.8% 1.8%
IPR 09/01/2018 27.5% 38% 28% 5% 1.5%
Tecné 01/08/2018 25% 39.2% 28.1% 6.7% 1 %
Demopolis 01/08/2018 26.5% 36.2% 29% 7% 1.3%
EMG 07/01/2018 28.4% 36.1% 28.2% 5.6% 1.7%
YouTrend 01/06/2018 27.9% 34.6% 27.3% 6.8% 3.4%
Election 2013 02/25/2013 29.5% 29.2% 25.6% - -

Course of monthly survey averages

= M5S, = PD, = FI, = LN, = LeU, = FdI, = NcI, = + E, = I, = CP, = UdC, as of February 2, 2018

Results

Majorities in the election of the Chamber of Deputies in the constituencies
Majorities in the election of the Chamber of Deputies according to municipalities

The final result (without the Aosta Valley and without the seats for the Italians living abroad):

Chamber of Deputies senate
be right Share
in% 		Pro
Porz-
sit 		Direct
MAN
date 		seats
total 		be right Share
in% 		Pro
Porz-
sit 		Direct
MAN
date 		seats
total
Lega 5,694,351 17.34 73 111 262 5,323,045 17.62 37 58 135
Forza Italia 4,591,888 13.98 59 4,358,101 14.42 33
Fratelli d'Italia 1,435,114 4.37 19th 1,286,887 4.26 7th
Noi con l'Italia - UDC 430.805 1.31 362.131 1.20
MoVimento 5 place 10,732,373 32.68 133 92 225 9,733,303 32.21 68 44 112
Partito Democratico 6,153,081 18.74 86 26th 112 5,788,103 19.16 43 11 54
+ Europe 845.406 2.57 716.136 2.37
Italia Europa Insieme 191,489 0.58 163.903 0.54
Civica Popolare 180,539 0.55 152.505 0.50
SVP - PATT 134,613 0.41 2 2 4th 128,336 0.42 1 2 3
Liberi e Uguali 1,114,298 3.39 14th 14th 990.715 3.28 4th 4th
Potere al Popolo! 372.294 1.13 320.855 1.06
CasaPound Italia 312,392 0.95 259,628 0.86
Il Popolo della Famiglia 219,651 0.67 211,486 0.70
Italia agli Italiani 127.119 0.39 150.014 0.50
Partito Comunista 106,887 0.33 101,656 0.34
Partito Valore Umano 48,138 0.15 38,543 0.13
10 volte Meglio 37,069 0.11
Per una Sinistra Rivoluzionaria 29,602 0.09 32,455 0.11
Others (all <0.1%) 82,946 0.25 96,072 0.32
total 32.840.055 386 231 617 30,213,874 193 115 308

The turnout was about 73%.

The chambers were constituted on March 23, 2018. The strengths of the parliamentary groups at the beginning of the electoral period:

fraction Seconded
neten-
chamber 		senate
Movimento 5 place 222 109
Lega-Salvini Premier 125 58
Partito Democratico 111 52
Forza Italia Berlusconi Presidente 104 61
Fratelli d'Italia 32 18th
Per le autonomy (SVP-PATT, UV) 8th
Gruppo Misto ("mixed faction") 1 36 2 12 3
total 630 318
1 MEPs who do not belong to any other political group
are automatically members of the Gruppo Misto.
2 including Liberi e Uguali 14 seats, SVP-PATT 4 seats
3 including Liberi e Uguali 4 seats

Government formation

After the first negotiations between the five-star and Lega failed, on April 23, 2018 , President Sergio Mattarella commissioned Roberto Fico (five-star) to sound out a coalition between his party and the previous ruling party PD. On April 30, 2018, five-star party leader Luigi Di Maio announced that the negotiations had failed. They want to ask Mattarella to start new elections as soon as possible. Mattarella rejected this request and invited the parties to his official seat for a meeting on May 7th . He then declared the formation of a government to have failed and said that a “neutral government” would have to lead the country to a new election. On May 9, Di Maio and Salvini asked Mattarella for a final delay of 24 hours in order to re-examine the possibility of forming a government. On the evening of May 9th, Silvio Berlusconi , coalition partner of the Lega, gave up the veto he had previously imposed on the formation of a government between the five-star and Lega Nord, even if his Forza Italia party would not trust such a government. On May 10, negotiations between Di Maio and Salvini began to form a government.

On May 18, 2018, Fünf-Sterne and Lega Nord presented a coalition agreement entitled “Treaty for the Government of Change”. The government program includes a boost to the economy with, among other things, “limited” debt-financed spending . In addition, a non-unconditional basic income ( reddito di cittadinanza ) of 780 euros per month for single people was planned - according to the suggestion in the election program of the “five stars”, this was probably a monthly minimum income with means test for people who otherwise live below the poverty line would.
The point “Public debt and budget deficit” ( Debito pubblico e deficit ) comprises four sentences. Among other things, there was talk of "re-discussing" EU treaties. Apparently the Euro Stability Pact is also meant . Lega and Fünf-Sterne wrote in the program that investment spending should not be included in deficit calculations. The program did not include campaign calls for an exit from the euro or a referendum on it.

“National interests” should be given greater consideration in foreign policy. Italy's membership of NATO was affirmed, but at the same time there was talk of opening up to Russia , which was not a threat but a “possibly increasingly important economic partner”.

President Sergio Mattarella and Giuseppe Conte in the Quirinal Palace on May 23, 2018

5-Sterne surveyed its members online about the government program; 45,000 took part and 94 percent of them approved the program. The Lega carried out an informal member survey: 1000 booths were set up throughout the country, at which ballot papers with key points of the program were displayed. On May 21, 2018, both parties proposed the legal scholar Giuseppe Conte as future head of government.

On May 23, Conte was commissioned by President Mattarella to form a government, which Conte accepted with reservations. After examining the list of ministers presented by Conte, Matarella rejected Paolo Savona , who had been proposed as economics minister, on May 27 because of his Euro-skeptical attitude. The President had previously expressed his concerns about Savona in a conversation with Di Maio and Salvini and explored alternatives, as the financial markets had reacted negatively in the days before. As a result, Conte temporarily gave up his efforts to form a government and returned the government mandate.

Mattarella and Carlo Cottarelli on May 28, 2018

Mattarella summoned the former IMF economist and savings commissioner Carlo Cottarelli for talks on May 28 and then charged him with the formation of a transitional government . As a critic of the election promises of the populists and an observer of the development of the world economy, he wants to limit the budget deficit in Italy and increase productivity. His goal is the adoption of the budget in autumn; New elections were planned for early 2019. Without parliamentary approval, new elections should take place in autumn 2018. The region's stock exchanges continued to collapse due to political instability and in view of an already existing mountain of debt of 2.3 trillion euros in Italy. M5S loudly toyed with the idea of ​​initiating impeachment proceedings against Mattarella, but rejected this again after general violent protests and critical tones from their own ranks.

Impeachment proceedings would have been doomed to failure from the start, as the Italian constitution gives the president the right to reject a proposed minister. The five-star related newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano saw Savona's appointment as Minister of Economic Affairs and the foreseeable rejection by Mattarella as an attempt by Salvini to bring about new elections, from which the Lega would have emerged stronger, according to polls.

On May 30, 2018, Di Maio made another suggestion to get a government made up of the five-star movement and Lega on the way. Paolo Savona, who was rejected by President Mattarella as Minister of Economic Affairs, should take over another ministry and thus pave the way for a Conte government. As a result, the formation of the Cottarelli interim government was frozen. Both Mattarella and Salvini asked for further cooling off.

After several hours of negotiations between Di Maio and Salvini, the two agreed on a new list of ministers. Giovanni Tria was proposed for the Ministry of Economic Affairs , Paolo Savona now for the Ministry of European Affairs. On the afternoon of May 31, Cottarelli returned the government contract. In the evening Giuseppe Conte took over the formation of the government again. On June 1st, 89 days after the election, the Conte I cabinet was sworn in according to the latest proposals by President Mattarella.

The Conte II cabinet has existed since September 5, 2019 .

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