(Finance) – In the aftermath of the German elections and the visit of the French President Macron in the United States, toLuiss University The new was presented Barometer on political trust With Focus on France and Italy, but which also takes into account Germany and the Netherlands. The round table was organized by the Luiss Political Science Department, the LUISS Electoral Study Center (Cise), and the BNP-BNL Paribas Chair in French and Italian Relations in Europe. It is the second time – underlines Luiss in a note – that the university named in Guido Carli hosts the presentation of the report, signed by researchers from the Centro Cevipof Center of the Sciences Po University, with which he collaborated to carry out the investigation. After the greeting of Luigi Gubitosi (LUISS President), intervened Marc Lazar (BNP-BNL- Paribas Chair in French and Italian Relations in Europe, Luiss), Bruno Cautrès (Cevifop-Sciences Po), Lorenzo De Sio (Director of the Cise – Italian Electoral Studies Center, Luiss) and Elisabetta Mannoni (Cise and University of Siena).
THE results of the barometer they revealed that in Italy Trust towards politics has slightly grown, especially towards national institutions. After the last government led by Mario Draghi, a clearly defined majority has arisen from the political elections that confers stability to the government.
This week they were held in Germany The early elections, with the highest turnout from the reunification. German citizens look mainly in Brussels, towards which trust towards politics grows.
There France Instead, the country is with the highest discomfort rate towards politics. There is also a decisive discontent towards institutions, from national to European ones. After the exploit in the last European elections of the far right led by Marine Le Pen, President Macron had called early national elections. The fragile political system of the Alps continues to depend on the cohabitation of a center-right executive, supported by a majority that does not reflect the political color of the President of the Republic and the winners of the elections.
“For the second time we present at the Luiss University the results of the barometer on political trust. Europe – he explained Lazar –
It is located in a moment of extreme vulnerability, divided inside and subjected to pressure from the outside. To the Luca of the new American administration, this study lays the foundations to deepen what European citizens think about how democracy works in their countries and in the European Union. Contrary to the past, the percentage of Italian citizens who believe in the government, in national politics and the EU grows, while trust in the French institutions collapses “.
“We tend to believe that Italy is at the bottom of the rankings of trust towards politics, but in reality – he said De sio – We record some growing values. A first interpretation is that, while in France there is a government with many tensions, in Italy, after the technocratic parenthesis, the election of 2022 gave a clear winner and a clear sign of a change of political direction in line with the electoral result. And this is one of the key elements that trust democracy. So we recorded a slight ascent of the levels of trust compared to before the 2022 elections. From further analyzes conducted by the Cise, on the same data, it also appears that negative feelings and mistrust towards politics are more concentrated among people in economic difficulties; An effect that extends to all four countries analyzed. Behind this resentment for politics therefore seems to be essentially an economic unease “.