2022年,三场选举影响了意大利政局走势。马塔雷拉在年初的总统选举中连任,短期内确保了德拉吉政府的稳定。但五星运动在6月市政选举中的糟糕选情加剧了其党内危机,并为政府危机埋下了隐患。此后不久,五星运动因不满德拉吉政府的《援助法案》引发政府危机,并导致政府于7月20日宣告解体。在9月25日举行的提前大选中,中右阵营以较大优势获胜,意大利兄弟党成为议会第一大党,梅洛尼成为意大利共和国历史上首位女总理,执掌二战结束以来意大利“最右”的政府。大选过后,意大利政治体系呈现不平衡的“三极”格局,中右阵营迎来新任盟主梅洛尼,中左翼的民主党进入重建期,而五星运动更加明确了自身的“进步主义”定位。大选结果表明,意大利主要政治力量仍在快速分化重组,政党格局呈现高度“碎片化”和不稳定的特点。意大利政治体系能否重回“两极”格局,仍存在很大的不确定性。
In 2022,three elections influenced the course of the Italian political situation. Mattarella was re-elected in the presidential elections earlier in the year,which ensured the stability of the Draghi government in the short term. However,the poor electoral performance of Five Star Movement in local elections in June aggravated the crisis within this party and foreshadowed the crisis of the government. Shortly thereafter,the Five Star Movement’s dissatisfaction with the government’s Decree on Economic Aid triggered government crisis and led to the collapse of Draghi government on 20 July. In the snap general elections held on 25 September,the centre-right coalition won with a large margin,with the party Brothers of Italy becoming the largest party in Parliament and Giorgia Meloni becoming the first female Prime Minister in the history of the Italian Republic,running the most right-wing government in post-war Italy. After the elections,Italy’s political system shows an unbalanced tripolarism,with Meloni becoming the new leader of the centre-right coalition,the Democratic Party of the centre-left coalition entering the period of reconstruction,and the Five Star Movement making clearer about its “progressive” position. The election results show that Italy’s main political forces are still rapidly dividing and reconstructing,and the party landscape is characterized by a high degree of fragmentation and instability. There is still much uncertainty as to whether the Italian political system will return to the bipolarism.