http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20180529-113220-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-people-vs-the-elite-italian-dialectics-and-the-european-malaise/ The People vs. the Elite: Italian Dialectics and the European Malaise Fichera, Massimo eng 2018-05-28 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Forming of Government President Veto Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Has the Italian President power of veto over the choice of the ministers of the government? Some argue that the Constitution does not allow Mattarella to go against the indications of the winning parties and should respect the will of the majority of the electorate, and should abstain from interfering with the political choices of the future Prime Minister. These considerations are not correct and follow from a superficial reading of the Constitution.