From Notary to Ruler: The Role of the President of the Republic during the Italian Crisis (2010–14)

Mauro Tebaldi

South European Society and Politics, 2014, vol. 19, issue 4, 561-581

Abstract: During the period of political and economic crisis in Italy, the President of the Republic became the central institutional actor of the Italian parliamentary government. This led to a debate among party politicians and scholars of Italian politics concerning the role of the Head of State in Italian democracy. Focusing on the period from 2010 until the beginning of 2014, the article explains the growing power of the President by examining the conditions that allowed presidential powers to increase. It concludes by discussing the potential effects of the increase in presidential powers on the evolution of Italian parliamentary government.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/13608746.2014.992770

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