What Italy's election result means for Europe

Italy's election produced a hung parliament and it remains unclear what type of government will emerge from coalition negotiations. Iacopo Mugnai writes that regardless of the nature of the next Italian government, the Italian election result had broader significance for European politics. He argues that the recent French, German and Italian elections have confirmed the decline not only of Europe's centreleft, but also of the dominant political and economic consensus that has underpinned European integration since the 1980s.