Italia, de la antipolítica al populismo

Abstract

The elections held in Italy on March 4 2018 have been historic and have opened a new stage in Italian politics. The electoral results led to the formation of the first populist and euroesceptic government in one of the founding members of the European Union. This review article takes on the publication of four new volumes on Italian populism to highlight two key developments in the Italian party system. First, the decline of the two main parties —Partito Democratico and Forza Italia— that dominated Italian politics during the last decade, and second, the emergence of a new populist consensus led by M5S and Lega Nord.