We return to talk about freedom of enterprise. After last Wednesday's break, the debate on the constitutional bill which has as its object the revision of some provisions concerning the so-called economic Constitution resumed in the afternoon in the Chamber. A bill aimed in particular at encouraging the freedom of economic activity. The goal is to amend articles 41, 45, 97 and 118 of the Constitution.
In detail, article 41 establishes the constitutional guarantee of the freedom of private economic initiative, which is also extended to the freedom of economic activity, to be understood as a subsequent moment of development connected to the initial phase of choosing the activity itself.
The third paragraph of the article is then entirely rewritten by an amendment introduced during the examination in the committee, according to which the law and the regulations govern economic activities for the sole purpose of preventing the formation of public and private monopolies and, as added by an amendment approved in the Assembly, in compliance with the principle of free competition.
Finally, it establishes that the law conforms to the principles of trust and loyal collaboration between public administrations and citizens, usually providing for subsequent controls. During the examination in the Commission, an integration of the second paragraph of art. 45 of the Constitution concerning the legislative protection of craftsmanship, to extend its scope also to small businesses.
As for article 97, relating to public administration, it is specified that public functions are at the service of citizens' freedoms and rights and of the common good and the exercise, even indirect, of these is regulated in such a way that their effectiveness, efficiency, simplicity and transparency.
The modification of the fourth paragraph of article 118 concerns the so-called horizontal subsidiarity, establishing that the State and the other territorial entities carry out the activities that cannot be adequately carried out by single or associated citizens.
