http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20190815-201013-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/resentment-populism-and-political-strategies-in-italy/ Resentment, Populism and Political Strategies in Italy Martinico, Giuseppe eng 2019-08-15 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Constitutional Law Constitutional Reform Populism Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 After Matteo Salvini announced his plan of holding snap elections, the former Italian prime minister (Presidente del Consiglio), Matteo Renzi launched the idea to postpone elections by forming a transistional government supported by the Partito democratico and the MoVimento 5 stelle, amongst others. Renzi knows that, according to the polls, Salvini’s political party (the Lega) could win the elections and form a government with Fratelli d’Italia, a post-fascist and still far-right party or with Forza Italia, the party created by Silvio Berlusconi. But would this move prevent a populist government?