If, as Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne reminded us, the political situation is "unprecedented", France obviously does not have the monopoly of the chambers that cannot be found in parliamentary democracies heckled by the end of bipartisanship. Belgium or Spain have already tasted the chalice of ungovernability, but it is above all Italy that holds the prize in this area. How can we forget the shudder that crossed Europe on discovering the results of the elections of March 4, 2018: Italy has a Parliament without a majority, dominated by two anti-system forces, the 5 Star Movement and the League (right populist). "How to govern a country that has become ungovernable?" wondered the Italian press.
Baroque, the answer consisted in marrying the carp and the rabbit, namely the two rebellious parties within a heterogeneous majority. Strange hitch, set up under the watchful eye of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, concerned about the unity of the country. "There are certainly similarities between France and Italy, but there is above all on the transalpine side a habit of managing this type of political crisis", recalls Emmanuel Rivière, of the Kantar Public Institute. A habit anchored since the establishment of the Italian Republic in 1948, which has since paved the way for all combinations. But France, which has neither this culture, nor the taste for coalitions, nor even a guarantor president, can hardly copy its neighbor. The truth ? "We are worse than in Italy", breathes Emmanuel Rivière.
