In the wake of 2024's European Parliamentary Elections I interview Federica Bressan and Piero Q.P. Carlucci about democracy and voting in Italy.

In part one we talk about how everyday voters navigate elections, given Italy's infamously complicated system of coalition politics and proportional representation. And we get a fresh perspective on an question this podcast has never quite been able to answer: what makes a ceremonial President any different from a Monarch?

This is Part One of two episodes on Italy. The second half of this interview will follow shortly!

Democracy In... is a podcast that explores what democracy looks and feels like in different countries. In each episode I get the local's perspective on the good, the bad, and the frankly weird of different democratic systems around the world.

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