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A thousand days of decrees, but Renzi has until the end of the year to discuss 17 reforms

May 2017 is the milestone for Renzi's reforms, but he has much less than 1000 days to get 17 reforms approved which will have to be discussed in the Chambers within 4 months. From the 2015 stability law, to the electoral law, the Job Act and school reform. These are just some of the titles to be tackled in a maximum of 120 days.

A thousand days of decrees, but Renzi has until the end of the year to discuss 17 reforms

The target for the implementation of all the scheduled reforms set by Renzi in May 2017, counts 17 reforms that will have to be discussed much sooner, at the latest within 120 days rather than the 1000 announced by the government. In fact, numerous decree laws, bills and numerous other reforms are being examined by the Chambers and the process of analysis in the courtroom will begin within four months. From the delegations to the Job Act and Public Administration, to the revision of the pact of the Nazarene on the electoral law, to institutional reforms. These are only four of the 17 reforms scheduled, with deadlines starting as early as next week. 

The mandate law on the Job Act will start from the Senate – with the new proposal of the mini job – which will then be sent to the Chamber by September. The discussion on the delegation to the PA will also get underway in the Senate, which, however, is still awaited for examination by the commission, to then be sent to Montectorio. For months now, the reform of the electoral law has been stalled, the result of the much-discussed pact of the Nazarene which has seen Renzi and Berlsconi grappling with minimum thresholds, majority bonuses and blocked lists. Finally, Minister Boschi's institutional reforms, pending the second reading in the Chamber – and who knows how many more it will take before the senators approve the renunciation of their seat. 

Also in Montecitorio the decree laws on international missions, civil justice and violence in stadiums are piled up. Then there is the imminent commitment of the "unblock Italy" decree which will be under consideration by the Chamber or Senate from Friday - where it will start from still to be decided. A fundamental step is instead the complicated examination of the 2015 stability law through which Renzi wants to give a strong signal of recovery to Europe, with the aim of definitively rejecting the policies of rigor and austerity, trying to wrest a few percentage points from Brussels in terms of flexibility.

Finally, civil liability of magistrates and organized crime are only two of the six bills on justice whose starting date for discussions in the Chambers has yet to be decided. Then there is to be established when the parliamentary analysis on the Procurement Code should begin. Finally, there is the school reform which will be the central theme of the next Council of Ministers, from which we expect avalanches of criticism - and above all of amendments. 

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