Abstract
The paper examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the political process in Italy in 2021. The author analyzes the change of government in February 2021 and the country’s economic recovery and resilience plan, as well as changes in the party-political landscape that occurred in the second year of the pandemic. The study showed that there is an increase in the factors of personalization of power and the strengthening of the executive branch and stagnation of the party landscape in the absence of a clear leader among political forces. The center-right and center-left coalitions are comparable in terms of citizens’ support, but at the same time the level of frustration is growing, reflecting the dissatisfaction of citizens with any of the parties. We can say that there is a certain feeling of the lack of alternative to the proposed development model and the absence of the very request for an alternative. Against this background, the ideas of sovranism so popular recently, it seems, no longer have any prospects.
Highlights
COVID-19 унёс жизни 133 тыс. итальянцев (Cumulative number of coronavirus... 2020)
The paper examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the political process
The author analyzes the change of government in February 2021
Summary
COVID-19 унёс жизни 133 тыс. итальянцев (по данным на ноябрь 2021 г.) (Cumulative number of coronavirus... 2020). Нового премьер-министра поддержали даже правые партии «Вперёд, Италия!» и «Лига», которые до того были в оппозиции к правительству Конте. Ключевой задачей нового правительства стало согласование плана восстановления экономики как между политическими силами внутри Италии, так и на уровне Европейского союза. Драги (Sondaggi, contro il virus...2021), что свидетельствует о нехарактерном для Италии высоком уровне консолидации.
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