A right-wing coalition won the Italian general election in September, but not all the parties within it fared well. After a boom in votes in 2018–19, support for Salvini’s League has collapsed. This, argue Arianna Giovannini and Davide Vampa, is the price for selling the party’s soul
Associate Professor, Local Politics and Public Policy / Deputy Director, Local Governance Research Centre, Department of Politics and International Relations, De Montfort University
From 2019–20 and again in 2021–22, Arianna was Director of IPPR North, the leading think tank for the North of England.
Her research focuses on territorial politics, multilevel governance, regional economic development, local government and public policy.
Arianna is a Trustee of the UK Political Studies Association (PSA), and between 2010 and 2018 she was the co-convenor of the PSA Italian Politics Specialist Group.
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