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From:Italian Politics (Issue 32) Peer-ReviewedThe documentary appendix is intended to provide the reader with an overview of the results of the various elections that took place in 2016, which constitute the background of the events analyzed in this volume....
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From:Italian Politics (Issue 32) Peer-ReviewedIn May 2016, the Italian Parliament passed Law No. 76/2016 titled "Regulation of Civil Unions between Persons of the Same Sex and Discipline of Cohabitation." The law provides for same-sex marriages and also introduces...
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From:Italian Politics (Issue 32) Peer-ReviewedThe relationship between Italy and Europe has changed since the 1980s. Where Europe used to provide a constructive external constraint (or vincolo esterno) on domestic Italian politics, now European constraints are less...
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From:Italian Politics (Issue 32) Peer-ReviewedThe importance of the 2016 municipal elections in Italy was a consequence not only of the number and relevance of the cities involved, including Rome, Milan, Naples, and Turin, but also of their timing, occurring in the...
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From:Italian Politics (Issue 32) Peer-ReviewedJanuary 1 The end-of-year speech by the president of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, is well received by most parties, with the exception of the Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S, Five Star Movement). Positive comments were...
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From:Italian Politics (Issue 32) Peer-ReviewedThe first female mayor in Rome's history, Virginia Raggi, is faced with a dual challenge. First, she must try to solve the chronic problems of a city mired in debt and struggling with an ongoing emergency caused by...
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From:Italian Politics (Issue 32) Peer-ReviewedIn 2016, migration issues in Italy became synonymous with the "refugee crisis." Dramatic images of boat people, rescues, and the deaths of thousands of people in the Mediterranean Sea have catalyzed public attention....
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From:Italian Politics (Issue 32) Peer-ReviewedThe referendum of 4 December 2016 on Renzi's proposed constitutional reform was the most significant in Italy since the referendum that rejected Berlusconi's proposal in 2006. The 2016 outcome was more dramatic than its...
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From:Italian Politics (Issue 32) Peer-ReviewedOn 4 December 2016, a large majority of Italian voters turned down the most comprehensive and cohesive attempt to revise significant parts of the Constitution since 1948, namely, to overcome the country's symmetrical...
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From:Italian Politics (Issue 32) Peer-ReviewedUnder Matteo Salvini's leadership, the Northern League has sought to move away from its status of regionalist party to become a truly national (even nationalist) party, following the example of the National Front in...
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From:Italian Politics (Issue 32) Peer-ReviewedThe Mediterranean and the Middle East have long constituted an important "circle" in Italy's foreign policy, with Egypt and Libya playing a particularly important role. During 2016, two sources of tension emerged in...
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From:Italian Politics (Issue 32) Peer-ReviewedIn Italy, 2016 was meant to be the year of the "great reform," a constitutional revision that would have concluded the never-ending transition from "First" to "Second" Republic, a long process involving several...