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Elezioni politiche 2018

3/3/2018

 
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Domani gli Italiani andranno finalmente a votare per il nuovo parlamento. Le elezioni si sarebbero dovute tenere nei primi mesi del 2017, in seguito alla schiacciante sconfitta del referendum di riforma costituzionale del dicembre 2016, promosso dall'allora Presidente del Consiglio Matteo Renzi, ma né il centrodestra, né il centrosinistra si sentivano pronti ad affrontare elezioni anticipate ed entrambi temevano una vittoria del Movimento 5 Stelle. Hanno quindi insistito che, prima di indire nuove elezioni, bisognasse finalmente modificare la legge elettorale allora in vigore e la nuova legge elettorale è stata approvata nell'ottobre del 2017.

​Durante questo periodo, i due maggiori partiti del centrodestra, Forza Italia, guidata dal redivivo Silvio Berlusconi, e la Lega (ex "Lega Nord" - la parola "Nord" debitamente "scaricata" per non offendere gli elettori meridionali), guidata da Matteo Salvini hanno ottenuto molti consensi soprattutto prendendo di mira gli immigrati irregolari, eppure i due capi di partito sono una coppia abbastanza strana e molti dubitano che una coalizione tra i due possa durare a lungo. Il centrosinistra intanto è in preda allo scompiglio - la lezione di Bernie Sanders e di Jeremy Corbyn è passata completamente inosservata. Il Movimento 5 Stelle è stato e continua ad essere accusato da parte dei principali mezzi d'informazione di non avere politiche concrete, di essere un partito "populista", di incompetenza, e di inesperienza - questi ultimi due ampiamente testimoniati, secondo i critici del Movimento, dall'operato del sindaco di Roma, Virginia Raggi. (È interessante - o dispiace, dipende dai punti di vista - notare come la retorica antieuropeista da parte sia della Lega che dei 5 Stelle sia diminuita notevolmente con l'avvicinarsi delle elezioni). Eppure, se uno ha un acconto Facebook italiano o ne segue uno, avrà certamente notato la valanga di post a favore del Movimento e del suo capo, Luigi Di Maio.

Pochi se la sentono di prevedere chi vincerà le elezioni, tantomeno quale partito o coalizione guiderà il paese, ma una cosa è certa: saranno elezioni affascinanti.           

Tomorrow Italians will finally be voting for a new parliament. Elections should have been held in early 2017 following the overwhelming defeat in December 2016 of the referendum on constitutional reform backed by the then Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, but neither the centre-right, nor the centre-left parties felt prepared for an election and both feared a Movimento 5 Stelle landslide. They argued therefore that it would be unwise to proceed with general elections until a longly yearned for new electoral law be introduced - law which was approved, with considerable controversy, by the parliament in October 2017.

During this time, the two main centre-right parties, Forza Italia, lead by the "comeback kid" Silvio Berlusconi, and la Lega (once "Lega Nord" - the "Nord" being dropped so as not to offend southern voters), lead by Matteo Salvini have gained quite a lot of popularity, in particular by targeting illegal migrants, yet the two leaders are an odd pair and many doubt that a coalition between the two parties will last. The centre-left is in disarray - Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn's lesson going unheeded. The Movimento 5 Stelle, has been and is constantly being accused by every major media organisation of a lack of concrete policies, of being a "populist" party, of incompetence, and of inexperience - the latter two amply demonstrated, according to the 5 Stelle's numerous critics, by Virginia Raggi's performance as mayor of Rome. (Interestingly - or disappointingly, depending on one's point of view - both La Lega and the 5 Stelle have curtailed their anti-European rhetoric.) Yet, if you have an Italian Facebook account, or are linked to one, you may well have noticed the constant stream of posts in favour of the Movimento 5 Stelle and its leader, Luigi Di Maio. 

No one is terribly willing to predict who will win this election, let alone predict which party or parties will govern the country, but it will definitely be fascinating to watch.  

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