But Mario Draghi’s fall does take Italy back to its old ways: messy, unpredictable and volatile
There is a lot of things to worry about in the wake of another government collapse in Rome — but, please, let’s expunge Italexit from the list for good.
In fact, a lot of the concerns I often hear when debating Italy outside Italian circles fail to incorporate the reconfiguration the country has gone through in the past two years, both at home and in Brussels. The transition to more moderate positions on Europe — and therefore Italy's place within the EU — began in 2019 under the second government of Giuseppe Conte, the leader of the Five Star movement, who pulled a volte-face during his time in office.
Still, who is to say — and better yet — guarantee that won't happen again? Here, I like to point to three factors. As for the League, which created much of the trouble after the 2018 election, regardless of talk, it has grown close to the institutions and has strong ties to industrialists, who don’t want to hear about Italexit. In fact, they want the next government to follow the path laid out by Draghi, knowing full well it is the best way to benefit from European cash.