Voters were unable to choose between the incumbent and the opposition, because the same centrist parties were in office all the time. Government crises were merely an opportunity to reshuffle key cabinet positions or change the party faction of the prime minister.
这与意大利的政治传统形成鲜明的对比。在整个战后时期，直到二十世纪九十年代初，意大利历届政府平均任期不到一年。选民们无法在现任政府与反对党之间进行选择，因为一直都是同样的中间派执政。政府危机仅仅是改组重要内阁职位或改变总理政党派系的一个机会。