The fight between the Democratic Party and the leader of the 5 Star Movement, former Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, breaks the opposition alliance. The break largely consolidates the center-right alliance in power, led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
The crisis was determined by former premier Conte's surprise announcement that his 5-star party would vote in the imminent local elections in the southern city of Bari only for its candidates. The breakdown of the alliance between the two large center-left formations has quickly entered political history, becoming a traumatic event of enormous proportions. The other pole of a successful coalition with the Bervio government was the party of Silvio Berlusconi, and the populists of Matteo Salvini's League, with 8% of the votes. It is a very difficult situation for the Democratic party, which today holds 19% of votes, which is second behind Fratelli d'Italia's 27%. The scandal is the result of a well-OILED system of vote buying and bribery.