http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20220116-225809-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/all-needs-to-stay-as-it-is-so-all-can-change/ All Needs to Stay As It Is so All Can Change - Presidential elections in Germany and Italy Fusaro, Carlo eng 2022-01-16 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Bundespräsident Italian Constitution Presidential Elections Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The terms of office of Italian President Sergio Mattarella and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will end within few weeks from one another. Yet the two countries could not experience the two deadlines more differently. While the German President's re-election in the first round is certain, in Italy a sort of collective psychodrama has been going on for months.