Italy. High turnout, populist tailwind and a growing dissatisfaction with prime minister Matteo Renzi. So can the government’s crushing defeat in the referendum in Italy is explained.
Matteo Renzi threw in as prime minister in the pot in its attempt to change the political system in Italy. He wanted to strengthen the central government and reduce the influence of the senate, one of parliament’s two chambers.
the Proposal was opposed, however, by the Italian people, the ‘ no ‘ side won with over 59 percent of the votes. On Monday night arrived Matteo Renzi at the presidential palace to formally announce that he is leaving. At the meeting, president Sergio Mattarella him to postpone his departure for a few days, until the next year’s budget has been adopted by the parliament, the state president’s office to Reuters.
Now waiting for a time of political uncertainty in Italy. Sergio Mattarella will try to cobble together a new government in consensus with the country’s largest parties. Mattarella has previously signalled its unwillingness to announce a new election, but it may be the case if the governmental crisis will be prolonged.
interim government
most analysts believe, however, rather to a transitional government that will hold the fort until the elections in 2018. Finance minister Pier Carlo Padoan and the minister of culture, Dario Franceschini some of the names mentioned as a possible successor to Renzi.
But it was not just the desire to say in the constitution that got 33 million italians – more than two-thirds of the voters – to get to the polling stations. Many have drawn parallels to the brexit and the choice of Donald Trump in the united states – a chance for people to vote on the establishment’s policies.
Femstjärnerörelsen, with the comedian Beppe Grillo in the lead, has demanded the notice of the election within one week. The populist protestpartiet has been at the front in the no camp for the referendum and capitalized on the Renzis declining popularity and the sluggish economy.
Cheers
“Democracy is the winner,” wrote Beppe Grillo in a blog post after the result was clear. “The people have won” cheered Matteo Salvini of the Lega Nord. From France sends the far-right Front National party leader Marine Le Pen their congratulations.
But the voters have also expressed concern over the proposed changes in the constitution. They would have given much more power to the prime minister himself. Many want to prevent that a future – much more radical leader than Renzi – would make it too easy to push through reforms, but that the senate can put a stop.
– the Italians want to have balances in the political system. Many worry that people like Beppe Grillo can get their own majority in the deputies chamber, ” says Ann-Cathrine Jungar, Italienexpert at Södertörn university college.
Falling star
When the then-39-year-old Renzi took office in 2014, it was the youngest prime minister in Italy’s history. Since then his popularity has fallen as he pushed through unpopular reforms of the economy and the labour law.
Jungar not think the outcome of the referendum will have wider implications in the long term for Italy or EU.
– Italy has had many crises of this type, when the economy has gone a bit appealing and the government fallen. We see once again that the party-political map is very unstable, and it has always been in Europe.
the FACTS
Matteo Renzi
Matteo Renzi is the leader of the Democratic party in Italy, which is counted as a center-left party.
office of the prime minister in 2014, 39 years old. He was previously the mayor of Florence. Staged itself the change of government by a “coup”, after having lost patience with their representative and organ Enrico Letta.
the Way he came to power was that he got the reputation of being a ruthless intrigmakare.
Renzi felt that an amendment of the constitution was necessary in order to implement the reforms needed to restructure Italy’s debt-ridden economy. Suggested inter alia that the senate’s legislative power to be eliminated, which would simplify the decision-making process in the country. Critics believe that the reform would give the prime minister of great power.
Because the actual reform is complex and difficult to explain, was the referendum also a question of whether one is for or against Renzi.
Source: Financial Times, AFP
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