Differentiated autonomy: yes from the Chamber, it is now law. And the first green light in the Senate on the premiership: what changes

The Chamber definitively approved The draft law on 'differentiated autonomy with 172 votes in favour, 99 against and one abstention. The green light came at the end of one nocturnal river session resolved by the assembly late yesterday evening, amidst protests from the opposition who renamed the bill "SpaccaItalia".

The bill with the "Provisions for the implementation of the differentiated autonomy of the Regions with ordinary statute pursuant to Article 116, third paragraph, of the Constitution" was approved in the text identical to that voted by the Senate in the first reading. Meanwhile, yesterday in the Senate, the first green light for the premiership: here's what new features it contains.

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Differentiated autonomy, what the bill says

The bill for differentiated autonomy is made up of 11 articles and defines the general principles and procedures of agreements between the State and the Regions with ordinary statute for the attribution, or revocations, of further forms of autonomy.

The bill establishes, among other things, that the attribution of functions relating to civil and social rights, which must be guaranteed equally throughout the national territory, is permitted subject to the determination of the essential levels of performance (the so-called Leps). The negotiation for the attribution of new functions is proposed by the Region concerned to the Prime Minister and the Minister for Regional Affairs (before starting the State-Region comparison, the Government will inform the Chambers and the State-Regions Conference). The Prime Minister can also limit the subject of the negotiation to certain matters.

The Government is therefore delegated to determine, within 24 months of the law coming into force, the essential levels of performance, while the transfer of functions relating to matters relating to the Lep can be decided only after the definition of these levels and the related costs and standard needs (and in any case after the allocation of the necessary financial resources).

With a modification approved during the examination by the Senate it was specified that these resources must ensure the same essential levels of performance across the entire national territory, including the Regions that have not signed the agreements, while it must be guaranteed the invariance of the proportionality of the resources to be allocated to each of the other Regions, together with equalization for territories with lower fiscal capacity per inhabitant. Furthermore, the Region-State agreements cannot exceed ten years and can be reviewed on the initiative of the two parties, also on the basis of policy documents adopted by the Chambers.

Overnight they were approved four agendas filed by Forza Italy (the only interventions on the text that have obtained a favorable opinion from the executive), through which, among other things, the suspension of negotiations with the Regions is requested until the definition of the Lep with the enabling law provided for by the bill.