The Senate approved the first reading of the constitutional reform bill for the direct election of the Prime Minister with 109 votes in favour, 77 against and one abstention. The text now passes to the Chamber for the second reading of the four…
The prime minister wants to inaugurate the Third Republic by strengthening the premiership and modifying the powers of the Head of State as little as possible - The opposition is against it, Renzi is a possibility and sees in the Meloni reform a similarity with the "mayor of Italy" who Iv…
An intense and fascinating life that of Giorgio Napolitano in which all the good and bad of Italian politics is reflected - Reformism and Europe were his guiding stars
The President Emeritus died in Rome at the age of 98 - A life dedicated to politics and institutions, from the Resistance and the PCI up to the Presidency of the Republic and the historic second mandate
Napolitano has had a particularly complex clinical picture for some time and in the last few hours the situation appears to have become further complicated
The prime minister seems oriented to change sides: the prime ministership is better than semi-presidentialism. More powers to the Prime Minister but with direct election or not? The third pole opens up to comparison
In his speech to the Chambers, the Head of State focused on the word "dignity" by enunciating it 18 times. He word that has been superficially translated with rights, while the issues to be evaluated are more complex. Here are which ones
Sober but effective message from the Head of State to Parliament after the new oath in which he substantially designed a program to rebuild the country after the emergency - "I received an unexpected call" - Support for the Draghi government and…
After the plebiscite in Parliament and an interview between Mattarella and Draghi, it will be the group leaders of the political forces (except the right wing of FdI) who will appeal to the Head of State to stay at Colle - This is how he is safe…
First the three candidacies announced at the press conference by Salvini, Meloni and Tajani and never submitted to Parliament, then the second position in the state and finally the very good Elisabetta Belloni - The large vote in favor of Mattarella is the…
Sixth vote null for the election of the new President of the Republic but after the flop of Casellati a shared solution is maturing with the candidacy of Elisabetta Belloni, for a long time director of the Farnesina - FI, Iv and Leu are however…
The forcing of the center-right to elect Casellati to the Presidency of the Republic fails: only 382 votes were collected with 60 snipers in the center-right - For the next vote, things change and Casini seems to reopen
The center-right decides to "count each other" and to try to divide the center-left by voting for the current president of the Senate - Letta: "I don't know if I was right to trust" - In the afternoon the probable sixth vote
The votes for the outgoing President are multiplying, with the parliamentarians showing intolerance at the stalemate on the negotiations - The center-right abstained - The Belloni and Draghi hypotheses regain share
Rain of white ballots, but 126 votes for Mattarella Bis - Renzi and Letta warn the center-right - The Casini - Draghi scheme could convince the majority
The center-right presented a shortlist of 3 candidates for the election of the Quirinale - After a long meeting, the center-left replied: "There can be no agreement on those names", proposing a new meeting - Nothing happened even in the second…
In the absence of an agreement between the various sides, the quorum for the election of the President of the Republic is very far away - The first vote ended in a stalemate - In the morning Draghi met Salvini and Letta,…
INTERVIEW WITH CLAUDIO MARTELLI, former Deputy Secretary of the PSI and Deputy Prime Minister and now Director of Avanti! - "Draghi is above the parties and his election as President of the Republic would not be a victory for anyone" but of…
This afternoon first vote for the new President of the Republic - Who are the "big voters"? How does the procedure work? What are the requirements to be eligible? How is the situation in Parliament? Here's everything you need to know
The Head of State does not only have a representative role: from laws to Chambers, from appointments to elections, passing through referendums and the state of war. Here's what the tenant of the Colle can (and cannot) do
First papal palace, then the palace of kings and since 1946 the symbol of the Italian Republic. The historic Palazzo del Quirinale has seen the protagonists of Italian history of the last 400 years move in its evocative rooms. On the eve of the election of the President of the…
INTERVIEW WITH MARCO FOLLINI, former Deputy Prime Minister - A few days before the start of voting for the new President of the Republic "we are dangerously close to the perfect storm" and it is "disarming to see politics completely in the dark on the eve of the vote"…
From Einaudi to Saragat, from Pertini to Ciampi and Napolitano: as the wait mounts for the election of the thirteenth Italian president (the procedure will begin on January 24), here is a brief portrait of the first 12
Voting is just a few days away, but the situation is extremely uncertain - In addition to identifying the best possible Head of State, we need a constitutional pact that guarantees government stability so as not to ruin everything Draghi and…
The president of the Fico Chamber has set the date for the election of Sergio Mattarella's successor. How many voters are there, what is the quorum, how to vote, what is the weight of the parties: that's all there is to…
In his last year-end speech to the Italians, the President of the Republic confirms that he will conclude his mandate in a few days, he says he is confident that Italy can make it even in the face of the resurgence of the pandemic and does not make discounts…
Speaking to the children of a primary school in Rome, the President of the Republic sends a message to the parties and clears the field on the hypothesis of a second term: "I am old and in a few months I will be able to rest".
Exactly on 31 January 2015 Sergio Mattarella was elected President of the Republic by Parliament and since then he has been the symbol and guarantor of national unity - Now, barring surprises, his last year of mandate begins and…
The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, has conferred the honor of Knight of Merit of the Italian Republic on the Director of FIRSTonline, Franco Locatelli
New appeal from the President of the Republic after the flop of the EU Council on Coronabonds. He is asking the EU for concrete decisions "in the next few days" and "before it is too late". And he thanks the Italians engaged in tackling the crisis. VIDEO
Daniele Franco is the new General Manager of the Bank of Italy to replace Fabio Panetta who joins the ECB board - Cipollone in the Directory - The two appointments must be ratified by a decree of the President of the Republic on the proposal…
On September 25, 123 years ago, the seventh President of the Italian Republic was born, a hero of the anti-fascist Resistance and one of the founders of the Socialist Party.
The former secretary of the Democratic Party Matteo Renzi says he is available for a streaming comparison with the Five Stars but not to form the Government together: "It would be a mockery of the voters because we have lost and because the idea divides us …
The President Emeritus of the Republic fell ill yesterday afternoon and underwent heart surgery in the night at the San Camillo hospital in Rome - "Successful surgery", the next few hours will be decisive - On Sunday he spoke on TV about the current situation of the Resistance…
The end-of-year greeting from the President of the Republic was brief and marked by trust and serenity. The end of the legislature is a physiological fact: now clear proposals from the parties to the voters. Work first, "must…
Unknown to the general public until two years ago, he forged ahead with the courageous choice to resign from the government, where he was finance minister, and found a completely new party, En Marche, which upset the old parties and…
From the overcoming of equal bicameralism to the transformation of the Senate, from the abolition of Cnel and the Provinces to the redefinition of relations between the State and the Regions and much more: in summary the most relevant changes of the constitutional reform submitted to the referendum of 4…
REFORM OF THE CONSTITUTION, FACTSHEET - How the Senate is changing: functions and composition - New methods for electing the President of the Republic and the members of the Constitutional Court - Farewell to Provinces and Cnel - What changes for the laws of…
The constitutional reform of the Senate has taken another step forward and is marching towards the final goal of approving Palazzo Madama to then return to the Chamber - Article 21 was also approved yesterday which regulates the election of the President of the…
QUIRINALE - With 665 votes Sergio Mattarella was elected in the fourth round of the new Head of State - He is the twelfth President in the history of the Italian Republic - He was nominated by Renzi's Pd, which is the real winner…
De Nicola the first, Pertini probably the most loved, Saragat and Leone the most troubled: here is the story of the elections of the 11 Presidents (in 12 terms) that preceded the current one - Five those of the DC, in three born…
Silvio Berlusconi raises his voice: "The left has all the offices, it is right to expect a President of the Republic who is not the sequel to the last three" - The Premier: "We do not accept vetoes from anyone, otherwise we elect him...
This year, the expenses of the Presidency of the Republic will reach 236,8 million euros, of which 224 will weigh on the state budget, seven less than in 2009 – Many cuts arrived in 2014 – The most expensive item…
"The word 'negotiation' has never been used", reported the lawyer for the President of the Republic, according to whom the head of state "also answered questions from Totò Riina's lawyer".
Prime Minister Erdogan confirmed the predictions of the day before by winning the elections and becoming the new president of the country - It is the first time that the new Head of State has been elected directly by the people and not by Parliament: a novelty…
News for the election of the President of the Republic: absolute majority only from the ninth vote - The bill on the reforms, which will revolutionize the Senate, must receive the definitive vote today from the Constitutional Affairs commission of Palazzo Madama, to then land in the classroom…
During the celebrations for the anniversary of the Italian Republic, the head of state Giorgio Napolitano spoke of the union of European states under a single flag: "Peace is not an acquired asset and must be defended" - Gratitude towards the Armed Forces .
It was enough for Prime Minister Letta to mention the need to change the rules of our Constitution (but is it really the most beautiful in the world?) on the election of the Head of State for the controversies of the purists to immediately unleash - Instead…
QUIRINALE REPORT CARDS - Full marks to the Head of State who, by accepting the re-nomination, saves the country once again - Excellent performance by Berlusconi who achieves the goal of having a shared President - Bad performance by Bersani: the…
The blank ballots prevail: hopes are now pinned on the fourth vote, scheduled for the afternoon - Prodi will be the PDL candidate but Grillo has denied his support for that option - Rodotà receives 251 votes, confirming the appreciation of…
Faced with the failure of Marini's candidacy to take off, the Pd finds itself faced with 3 alternatives: 1) to leave the former president of the Senate on the field at least until the fourth vote in the framework of the Pd-Pdl-Sc pact; 2) change horse immediately by sending to…
QUIRINALE - The candidate of broad agreements collected, in the first ballot, much fewer votes (521) than the quorum of 672 votes - Rodotà received 240 votes - We try again in the afternoon - Marini remains on track but until…
Originally from Abruzzo, he became general secretary of the Cisl in 1985 - Expression of the leftmost current of the DC, he was one of the founders of the Democratic Party, then Minister of Labor and President of the Senate - Great mediator, but his…
