What is the relationship between populism and Euroscepticism in the Italian party system?
Tuesday 21 April 2026
Italy has often been described as a ‘laboratory of populism’, however, its Eurosceptic turn is more recent.
Our Visiting Fellow Dr Marta Lorimer has prepared a country report on Italy as part of the EUPopLink COST Action, which traces the relationship between populism and Euroscepticism in the Italian party system.
It introduces the main populist and Eurosceptic actors in Italy, and considers the nexus between populism and Euroscepticism in the Italian context. It also considers mainstream responses to the rise of populist euroscepticism.
