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Maurizio Cotta

Maurizio Cotta is Professor of Political Science at the University of Siena. He is co-author of Political Institutions of Italy (2007) and Technocratic Ministers and Political Leadership in European Democracies (2018).

Italy: First European Country In The Hand Of Populists?

Maurizio Cotta

The general assumption was that the political and parliamentary landscape of Italy would become more complex after the 2018 elections. However, quite unexpected was the

Italy: Heading Towards A Badly Hung Parliament?

Maurizio Cotta

The Italian parliamentary elections on March 4 are expected to yield no easy results, as no single party is likely to be able to form