Abstract
"If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change." This sentence from the movie The Leopard was written by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. It is representative of the Italian political system which has been in place since the post-1945. In fact, Italy is characterized by a multi-party system with two largest parties. During the 90's the party system experienced a change of the "party landscape" and a new electoral system. I will try to show that despite these changes, the party system has not really been modified.
