Marc Lazar sees France as a model for Italy

The French researcher Marc Lazar compares the political situations in France and in Italy. "Since January 21st, Italy has been going through a new political crisis that confirms the immense lassitude of a representative and parliamentary democracy ... . By contrast, France appears set to confidently stride across the threshold of the 5th Republic's 50th anniversary. ... Nobody can deny that Italy is going through a crisis of major concern. Its ailments are well known: a faltering electoral law, the fragmentation of parties, heterogeneous coalitions .... The weakness of political authorities offers other actors - in media, judicial and religious institutions - an opportunity to prosper ... . France is not however in tip-top form, it is still in fragile convalescence. Nevertheless, Nicholas Sarkozy does have the solidity of institutions on his side, something that we clearly cannot find in Italy."

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