Government of Italy: Difference between revisions

== Executive branch ==

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The [[Constitution of Italy#The Government .28Articles 92-100.29|Constitution]] establishes the Government of [[Italy]] as composed of the President of the Council ([[Prime Minister of Italy|Prime Minister]]) and Ministers. The [[President of Italy]] appoints the Prime Minister and, on his proposal, the Ministers that form its [[Cabinet of Italy|cabinet]].<ref name="ItaConst"/> The appointee is usually the leader of the [[Coalition government|majority coalition]] that won the [[Elections in italy|election]] (e.g. [[Berlusconi IV Cabinet]]), but it can also be a new leader emerging from a post-election leadership challenge within the majority coalition (e.g. [[Renzi Cabinet]]), or a person instructed by the President to form a [[National unity government#Italy|national unity government]] in times of political crisis, such as a coalition shift (e.g. [[Conte II Cabinet]]) or enough politicians from the majority coalition [[Party switching#Italy|switching parties]] (e.g. [[Monti Cabinet]]). In any event, the government must receive the confidence of both [[Bicameralism|Houses]],<ref name="ItaConst"/> so the Executive derives its legitimacy from the [[Italian Parliament|Parliament]] and the [[List of political parties in Italy|great number]] of [[Party-list proportional representation|political parties]] forces the Prime Minister to bend to their will.