What are the current major Political Parties in Italy?
“Political parties in Italy are organized into five leading coalitions. Numerous parties operate; no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. However, since the 2008 general election, only five major parties are represented in Parliament. On one side the People of Freedom and Lega Nord support Berlusconi IV Cabinet, on the other side there is the opposition Democratic Party, which includes Italy of Values and the Italian Radicals in its parliamentary groups. The Union of Christian and Centre Democrats is the only party outside the two big coalitions to be represented in Parliament, in a increasingly two-party system.
