Technocratic government (Italy)

In Italy, a technocratic government, technical government (Italian: governo tecnico) or government of technicians (Italian: governo dei tecnici), is the term used to refer to a cabinet made up of experts not officially affiliated to any political party or political coalition. Technocracy in Italy, as elsewhere, has often proved to be controversial.[1][2][3][4][5][6] These governments tend to be formed during emergencies, usually an economic crisis, and are seen by some as undemocratic. There have been two such governments in the history of Italy: the Dini Cabinet, and the Monti Cabinet.

Ministers of the Monti Cabinet, the government of experts, formed in November 2011, following the collapse of the Berlusconi IV Cabinet, which was tasked to deal with the effects the Great Recession.

Context
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, is the first non-parliamentary member who assumed the position of the President of the Council of Ministers in 1993.

In a technocratic government all major decisions are not made by elected politicians, and the government policy is not decided by party leaders.[7]

The Constitution of Italy doesn't prevent non-members of parliament from obtaining the title of prime minister, as it simply states that the prime minister is appointed by the president and must win a confidence vote in both houses of parliament within ten days of said appointment.

In some cases, in the aftermath of political turmoil, multiple parties in parliament (who together were able to make up a majority) agreed to support a neutral cabinet of experts headed by an independent prime minister, voting in favor of the confidence votes requested by the government, in something similar to a confidence and supply agreement. Said cabinet of experts would have been tasked to deal with the crises and emergencies at play, until a new election could be held.


Lamberto Dini, was the officer in chief in the first government of experts of the Italian Republic formed in 1995.

There have been two "government of experts" in the history of Italy: the Dini Cabinet,[8] and the Monti Cabinet.[9][10] Some cabinets, like the Ciampi Cabinet (1993-1994), the first cabinet chaired by a non-member of parliament, were called "technocratic cabinets" or "cabinets of experts", even though they included politicians in their makeup.[11][12]

Bibliography
  • Roberto Bin; Giovanni Pitruzzella [in Italian] (2005). Public Law. Torino: Giappichelli. ISBN 88-348-5674-0.
  • Fabrizio, Politi. "Government of Experts". Trecciani Governo tecnico Libro dell'anno 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2014.

See also

References
  1. The site of Italian Senate
  2. "Government by nerds one step from tyranny". theaustralian.com.au.
  3. "In defence of Europe's technocrats". guardian.co.uk.
  4. "Minds like machines". economist.com.
  5. "Who voted for you, Mario Monti?". telegraph.co.uk.
  6. "Bin-Pitruzzella". pp. 121, 2005.
  7. "Bin-Pitruzzella". p. 119.
  8. Delia Cosereanu (2 December 2010). "The image of the government". lettera43.it. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  9. "The Oath of the Monti Government". quirinale.it. 16 November 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
  10. Mario Monti, interviewed by Euronews, gave an opinion on the motives that made Italy change to one government of experts in November 2011. Euronews: "To confront with the debt crisis Italy and Greece had to turn themselves to the experts. Does that demonstrate the failure of the politicians and the accepted way of running the politics?". Mario Monti: "I hope and believe that this is not happening. I am probably not the person who can evaluate it neutrally, because I belong to the technocracy that at the moment operates internally. The conflict among the political parties in Italy became unbearavle and devastating, it was impossible to form a new political coalition. It was necessary for people who don't belong to the political and party system in these countries to make temporary interventions [sic!]. I hope that this method succeeds". "Monti: 'not the birth of a 2-speed Europe'". euronews.net. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  11. Silverio Novelli. "Post-it with the names of the governments". treccani.it. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  12. Flavia Amabile (17 November 2011). "Perché si parla di governo tecnico?". lastampa.it. Archived from the original on 23 November 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
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