1992 Italian General Election (Roses of Reforms)

The 1992 Italian General Election was held on 14 June 1992 to renew 581 members of the Chamber of Deputies. It was the first election held without the presence of the Italian Communist Party, which merged in the Democratic Party of the Left under the leadership of the last general secretary of the PCI. It has also seen the presence of several regional lists advocating for autonomy, even secession, of Northern Italy from the rest of the country, rallied under the Lega Nord which had an incredible success.

Background
During the Forlani premiership, President Francesco Cossiga considered resigning during the last months of his presidency; these were formalized on 2 June 1992, and the election of a new head of state was required. When the parliament first met on 18 June, the Christian Democracy, which maintained a strong majority decided to nominate Arnaldo Forlani as President of the Republic, and after three days he was elected on 21 June. Andreotti, which was already appointed as Prime Minister on September 1991, formed the second Andreotti ministry. During the last months of the legislature, Andreotti promoted a law decree transforming the Senate, with members being chosen among municipal mayors and provinces presidents, and the Chamber of Deputies would be the only one tasked of giving confidence to the standing government. At the same time, Andreotti began to program what would be the Project Arstore, a plan aimed to develop nuclear weapons that also involved joint efforts to remove the pacifist articles inside the constitution, given the two-thirds majority in parliament and the fact that Andreotti led a right-wing faction inside the DC.

At the same time, the PDS and LN remained the official opposition. The left received an all-time low of seats and votes share, and Occhetto announced his future resignation in 1994. The likely successor would have been his own deputy, Massimo D'Alema which would nextly serve as Prime Minister of Italy from 17 March 1996 until 8 May 1999. The League, instead, presented itself as a catch-all party without a precise ideology, however many of it's main leaders came from far-left wing organizations and denounced fascist organizations.

Andreotti decided to stand down as DC President on October 1995, and he was unexpectedly succeded by Silvio Berlusconi. However, his political career did not end there as he was elected as President of the Republic on 19 May 1999.