How did Italian Politics become stable?
Episode Summary
[copied from BBC]
Italy has long been associated with political instability, with governments on average lasting just over a year.
Current Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has broken that pattern. Her government has become the longest continuously serving administration in post-war Italian history, surpassing the previous record for a single uninterrupted period in office. Meloni has presented the stability of her own right-wing coalition as one of her government’s major achievements.
A general election must take place next year. As that approaches, she faces fresh challenges, including the emergence of new opposition on the right.
Meanwhile, the current government’s longevity record raises a bigger question about whether Italy has entered a new era of political stability, and what has made that possible. So how did Italian politics become stable?
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