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Will Italy side with #Hungary’s Viktor #Orban & #Poland’s Mateusz #Morawiecki in Europe?
As that’s the most frequent question I get asked, here’s a 🧵
#elezioni2022
As that’s the most frequent question I get asked, here’s a 🧵
#elezioni2022
The incoming Italian government is set to have a special relation with #Orban as Meloni, Berlusconi & Salvini have an excellent relation with him.
They all share a similar worldview, driven by a mix of sovereignity, traditional family and religion. This applies to #Poland too
They all share a similar worldview, driven by a mix of sovereignity, traditional family and religion. This applies to #Poland too
But that’s where similarities stop with #Meloni being pro-Ukraine and Orban pro-Russia (yet Berlusconi and Salvini are also pro-Russian)
On migration Salvini & Orban disagreed in the past but 🇮🇹 likely to stop proposed EU reform
On migration Salvini & Orban disagreed in the past but 🇮🇹 likely to stop proposed EU reform
#ElezioniPolitiche2022 #italyelection to understand the results, here is a🧵on the electoral system. The radical right is performing well not because of PR but due to first-past-the-post. #ElectoralSystem
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Italy has a system of #perfectbicameralism Senate and Chamber are equal. A gov needs the confidence of both chambers; legislation needs approval of both. Gov may also be no-confidenced by just one of the two chambers, a rule that adds to government instability in Italy.
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The Chamber has 400 members, 147 elected by first-past-the-post (#FPTP) in single member constituencies, and 245 elected by proportionality across the country.
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One hour until polls close in the 🇮🇹#ItalianElection. Here's what to expect
11pm: Exit poll published
Monday morning: Official results published
??: Italian President Mattarella will decide who has the best chance of forming a governing coalition, invite him/her to become PM.
11pm: Exit poll published
Monday morning: Official results published
??: Italian President Mattarella will decide who has the best chance of forming a governing coalition, invite him/her to become PM.
So in one hour we'll get an idea from the exit polls whether this was a blow-out for the far right and Meloni is sure to be invited to form a government, or whether it's more close and it make take some time for President Mattarella to decide who to invite.
If the vote is very close with no obvious coalition, the 🇮🇹president becomes very powerful. He then has leeway to propose his own ideas for government formation.
The president also technically has the power to choose ministers, though usually he does so based on PM instructions.
The president also technically has the power to choose ministers, though usually he does so based on PM instructions.
