Editing Politics of Italy (section)

==== Since 2016 ====
[[File:Alte cariche dello Stato Italiano alla parata del 2 giugno 2023.jpeg|thumb|The [[Italian order of precedence|most important offices of the Italian State]] have pinned on the jacket, during the military parade of the ''[[Festa della Repubblica]]'' celebrated every 2 June, a [[cockade of Italy]].]]

Renzi resigned after losing a [[2016 Italian constitutional referendum|constitutional referendum]] in December 2016, and was succeeded by [[Paolo Gentiloni]]. The centre-left cabinets were plagued by the aftermath of the [[European debt crisis]] and the [[European migrant crisis]], that fueled support for populist and right-wing parties.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fear of migrants feeds growth of Italy's far right |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/fear-of-migrants-feeds-growth-of-italy-s-far-right-1.3393398 |access-date=10 June 2021 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |date=17 February 2018}}</ref> In 2017, the so-called Italicum was replaced by a [[Italian electoral law of 2017|new electoral law]], which uses a [[parallel voting]] system to assign seats.<ref>[http://www.corriere.it/politica/cards/come-funziona-rosatellum/iter_principale.shtml Rosatellum, come funziona la legge elettorale e cosa prevede]</ref><ref>[http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2017-09-21/rosatellum-20-tutti-rischi-nuovo-patto-nazareno-082520.shtml?uuid=AEVDe3WC Rosatellum 2.0, tutti i rischi del nuovo Patto del Nazareno]</ref>
[[File:Covid-19 San Salvatore 09.jpg|thumb|Exhausted nurse takes a break in an Italian hospital during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Italy|COVID-19 emergency]].]]

The [[2018 Italian general election|2018 general election]] produced once again a [[hung parliament]] that resulted in the birth of an unlikely [[Conte I Cabinet|populist government]] between the anti-system [[Five Star Movement]] (M5S) and Salvini's [[Lega (political party)|League]], led by [[Giuseppe Conte]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/opinion/populists-rome-five-star-movement.html |title=Opinion – The Populists Take Rome |date=24 May 2018 |access-date=2 June 2018 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> After fourteen months, [[2019 Italian government crisis|the League withdrew its support to Conte]]. The M5S subsequently allied with the [[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party]] and other smaller left-wing parties to form a [[Conte II Cabinet|new cabinet]], once again headed by Conte.<ref>{{cite news |title=Italy's Conte forms coalition of bitter rivals, booting far-right from power |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190905-italy-coalition-conte-five-star-populists-democrats |access-date=9 September 2019 |work=France 24 |date=5 September 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=New Italian government formed, allying M5S and the center-left {{!}} DW {{!}} 4 September 2019 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/new-italian-government-formed-allying-m5s-and-the-center-left/a-50287864 |access-date=9 September 2019 |work=Deutsche Welle |date=4 September 2019}}</ref>

In 2020, Italy was severely hit by the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Italy|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>[http://www.salute.gov.it/nuovocoronavirus Nuovo coronavirus], ''Minsitero della Salute''</ref> From March to May, Conte's government imposed a [[2020 Italy coronavirus lockdown|national quarantine]] as a measure to limit the spread of the pandemic.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51810673 |title=Italy extends emergency measures nationwide}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Beaumont |first1=Peter |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/10/from-confidence-to-quarantine-how-coronavirus-swept-italy |title=From confidence to quarantine: how coronavirus swept Italy |date=10 March 2020 |work=The Guardian|access-date=12 March 2020 |last2=Sample |first2=Ian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The measures, despite being widely approved by public opinion,<ref>{{cite web |last1=De Feo |first1=Gianluca |title=Sondaggio Demos: gradimento per Conte alle stelle |url=https://www.youtrend.it/2020/03/20/sondaggio-demos-gradimento-per-conte-alle-stelle/ |website=YouTrend |access-date=22 March 2020 |language=it-IT |date=20 March 2020}}</ref> were also described as the largest suppression of [[constitutional right]]s in the history of the republic.<ref>{{cite news |title=Blog {{!}} Coronavirus, la sospensione delle libertà costituzionali è realtà. Ma per me ce la stiamo cavando bene |url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2020/03/18/coronavirus-la-sospensione-delle-liberta-costituzionali-e-realta-ma-per-me-ce-la-stiamo-cavando-bene/5739296/ |access-date=22 March 2020 |work=Il Fatto Quotidiano |date=18 March 2020 |language=it-IT}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Un uomo solo è al comando dell'Italia, e nessuno ha niente da ridire |url=https://www.linkiesta.it/2020/03/italia-coronavirus-conte-uomo-solo-al-comando/ |access-date=4 March 2020 |work=Linkiesta |date=24 March 2020 |language=it-IT}}</ref> With more than 100,000 confirmed victims, Italy was one of the countries with the highest total number of deaths in the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Italy mourns its 100,000 dead as third wave builds |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2021/0318/1204668-corovirus-global/ |access-date=10 June 2021 |agency=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]] |date=18 March 2021}}</ref> The pandemic caused also a [[Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic|severe economic disruption]], which resulted in Italy being one of the most affected countries.<ref>[https://www.agi.it/economia/news/2020-04-14/coronavirus-fmi-crisi-economica-8331041/ L'Italia pagherà il conto più salato della crisi post-epidemia], AGI</ref> In February 2021, these extraordinary circumstances brought to the formation of a [[Draghi Cabinet|national coalition government]] led by former president of the European Central Bank [[Mario Draghi]], following [[Italia Viva|IV]]'s decision to [[2021 Italian government crisis|withdraw its support to the second Conte cabinet]]. On 13 February 2021, Draghi was sworn in as Italy's new prime minister. The [[Draghi Cabinet]] had support across the broad political spectrum.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mario Draghi sworn in as Italy's new prime minister |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56049115 |publisher=BBC News |date=13 February 2021}}</ref> In January 2022, Italian President [[Sergio Mattarella]] was re-elected to serve a second consecutive seven-year term.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sergio Mattarella: At 80, Italy president re-elected on amid successor row |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60183929 |publisher=BBC News |date=29 January 2022}}</ref>

On 21 July 2022, following a [[2022 Italian government crisis|government crisis]] which ended with FI, League and the M5S deciding to withdraw their support to the government, Prime Minister Draghi resigned. President [[Sergio Mattarella]] consequently dissolved the Parliament<ref>{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/article/elections-legislature-italy-802d6ab0965feebf4e3f7bda1659df42 | title=Italy heads to early election after Draghi's coalition fails | website=[[Associated Press]] | date=21 July 2022 }}</ref> and called a [[2022 Italian general election|snap election]], which resulted in the [[Centre-right coalition (Italy)|centre-right coalition]], led by [[Giorgia Meloni]], gaining an absolute majority of seats.<ref>{{cite news|date=27 September 2022|title=Italy's far-right Meloni begins tricky government talks|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220927-italy-s-far-right-meloni-begins-tricky-government-talks |access-date=2 October 2022|work=France 24|publisher=Agence France-Press}}</ref> Meloni was formally sworn in as Italy's first female prime minister on 22 October 2022.<ref>{{cite news |title=Who is Giorgia Meloni? The rise to power of Italy's new far-right PM |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63351655 |work=BBC News |date=21 October 2022}}</ref>