The five star thrill


No flash in the pan: Di Maio and Five Star’s prevailing philosophy of direct democracy, environmental ideas and Euroscepticism have attracted millions of young voters. — AP

TODAY, in an all too familiar scenario, Italians are going to the polls and will doubtless experience a new government. Well, the correlation is not so direct.

This is the 18th parliamentary election held in modern post-fascist Italy in 1946. However there have been over 60 governments. This is because administrations break up between elections and new ones are formed by existing factions without going to the polls.

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Politics , Italy , Enrico Letta

   

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