Too many political parties in Italy

"The number of Italian politicial parties increases monthly, weekly, and now, daily," writes columnist Luca Ricolfi. After the Grillo list (named after the famous Italian comedian Beppe Grillo), the Liberty Party, and the National Civic List of the so-called 'girotondini', former prime minister Lamberto Dini has announced the birth of a new party dubbed 'Liberaldemocratici', while the Socialist Party is 'refounding' itself yet again. "Why all this activism?... Italy is the champion of 'single-issue' parties. We have an environment party, a secular party, a housewives' party ... not to mention the countless regional formations. Single-issue parties are to be found in other modern countries, but only Italy has so many artificial parties, brought into being in the laboratories of the political, economic, and intellectual elites."

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