The turmoil in Italian politics points toward the polls. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who until now had enjoyed a level of stability unusual for an Italian government, has lost the important constitutional referendum she herself spearheaded, and there are now doubts about the government’s future. Cesáreo Rodríguez-Aguilera de Prat, professor emeritus of political science, analyzes the scenarios facing the country, including an "unlikely" but "not impossible" early election.