trasformismo

Trasformismo (“transformism”) became the normal way of conducting parliamentary business, for there were few serious disputes among the leading politicians. Virtually all of them accepted the constitutional settlement of 1861, and few disputed foreign and colonial policy, which, in any case, was conducted by foreign…

…introduced a system known as transformism in which he built up his following by taking ministers from both right and left, Bertani, hostile to the system, remained in opposition.

…Depretis perfected the art of trasformismo (“transformism”), by which, in order to build up his own personal following in parliament, he ignored party labels and took ministers from both the right and left. A prime minister could stay in office longer by means of the shifting government coalitions thus created.…