Building back better? Italian politics in the summer of 2021

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Notes

1. See the interview Andrea Marcucci gave to la Repubblica on 10 July, ‘Ddl Zan, Marcucci: “Voterò la legge, ma perderemo. Senza Renzi i numeri non ci sono”’, available at: https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2021/07/10/news/zan_marcucci_renzi_pd_diritti_civili_letta-309808498/?ref=drla-1

2. la Republica, 4 July, https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2021/07/04/news/ddl_zan_parlamentari_m5s_contro_italia_viva-308854610/

3. Ibidem.

4. See her interview with Corriere della Sera at https://www.corriere.it/politica/21_luglio_10/cartabia-la-riforma-giustizia-non-solo-compromesso-ma-rispetto-costituzione-c7506924-e0eb-11eb-a3a3-22bff11f91b7.shtml

5. When, in its country report on Italy (2017, 60), it had asserted that prescrizione was ‘a major hindrance to repress corruption, not least as it incentivises lawyers’ delaying tactics’.

6. The most significant of which had been its opposition to the Lyon-Turin high-speed rail link in 2019: see Biancalana (2020).

7. See ‘Draghi a Grillo: “Sì alla riforma o mi dimetto”. 5s: “Beppe come Berlusconi”’, affaritaliani.it, 10 July, https://www.affaritaliani.it/politica/governo-draghi-minaccia-o-cosi-o-mi-dimetto-749295.html?refresh_ce

8. See ‘Draghi stoppa Letta sulla tassa di successione: “Non è il momento di prendere soldi”. Il Pd: “Chiedere ai più ricchi è restituire ai giovani”’, il Fatto Quotidiano, 20 May, https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2021/05/20/draghi-stoppa-letta-sulla-tassa-di-successione-non-e-il-momento-di-prendere-soldi-il-pd-tassare-i-piu-ricchi-e-restituire-ai-giovani/6204471/

9. Sergio Mattarella’s speech at the Quirinale, 2 February 2021.

10. The SWG poll published on 5 July gave the percentages as: League, 20.6%; Fratelli d’Italia, 20.5%; PD, 18.7%; Five-star Movement, 14.6%; Forza Italia, 7.0%; Azione, 4.0%; MDP Articolo 1, 2.7%; IV, 2.5%; Sinistra Italiana, 2.4%; +Europa, 2.1%; Greens, 1.8%; Coraggio Italia, 1.0%; other lists, 2.1% Available at: http://www.sondaggipoliticoelettorali.it/GestioneSondaggio.aspx