With two courageous sentences the Constitutional Court of the new President Augusto Barbera does what the Government and local authorities have not had the courage to do so far
The ruling of the Constitutional Court after the censure of the Court of Appeal of Naples. "The compensation protection is not inadequate"
A former parliamentarian and minister in the Ciampi government, Barbera has always supported the majoritarian system and a reform of the Constitution that guarantees governability and legitimacy of the prime minister
The ruling can be defined as "subversive" in the sense that it repudiates consolidated jurisprudence
No more deferments and installments of severance pay. The Consulta has declared the rule that penalizes public employees illegitimate and asks the legislator to intervene to modify the matter
The April 5 meeting between the Government and the trade unions and the April 14 pronouncement of the Constitutional Council on the pension reform will tell whether it is time for France to thaw or whether rancor and social resentment will prevail over…
No to the question on the direct responsibility of magistrates. President Amato on cannabis: "References to hard drugs violated international standards".
The judges' decision does not concern the law on the end of life, which returns to the attention of Parliament - Today the Consulta decides on questions on cannabis for personal use and justice
Giuliano Amato, twice prime minister and several times minister, was unanimously elected President of the Constitutional Court this morning, being the most senior councilor - He will remain in about 8 months
The former Foreign Minister unanimously appointed by the Presidential Council of Administrative Justice - He will take the place of Filippo Patroni Griffi, appointed judge of the Consulta
The decision agrees with the yellow-green Conte-Salvini-Di Maio government which had ousted the Benetton company from the reconstruction works, which however was entrusted with the management of the new Genoa bridge by Minister De Micheli - High voltage…
Strong appeal from the President of the Constitutional Court to the Government on the rules that limit anti-Covid 19 personal freedoms: "The compass is the Constitution" and there are no special rights in an emergency - Renzi and Delrio rise up against Conte: "Enough of the Dpcm, the …
The election took place unanimously - Appointed by Napolitano in 2011, she will remain in office until September 20 next year - Here's who the new president of the Constitutional Court is
With the vote of confidence and the tussle between the majority and the opposition, the budget maneuver gets the go-ahead from the Senate overnight and the race for the House for final approval begins today - Not a few news...
The Constitutional Court has rejected the provision of the Jobs Act and the Dignity Decree which provided for a fixed calculation mechanism to determine the compensation in favor of the dismissed workers - The judges will be able to decide freely, also evaluating different criteria...
Deputy Prime Minister Grillino Di Maio wants to include the immediate and retroactive cut for pensions exceeding 3.500 euros net per month in the tax decree that will be fired on Monday by the Council of Ministers, ignoring the findings of unconstitutionality - Government sources…
The so-called Dignity Decree, the sentence of the Constitutional Court on compensation and the mini-Flat Tax for VAT numbers strike at the heart of the Jobs Act but without there being a real alternative plan - VIDEO.
Funds for 1,6 billion stopped by the Milleproroghe decree. The mayors appeal to the TAR and the Constitutional Court. From North to South unanimous chorus against Prime Minister Conte and his illusory promises.
According to the Constitutional Court, the part of the rule which provides for an increasing indemnity based only on the length of service of the worker (two months' compensation for each year spent at work), is illegitimate and in contrast with two articles of the…
The drastic cut of 10 or 20% of pensions above 4 euros per month conceived by the Five Star Movement and the League undermines the acquired rights of the middle class and being concentrated on a small audience, it risks not…
The largest bank in the South has convened the assembly for December which must give a definitive ruling on the transformation into a joint stock company
The illustrious jurist Sabino Cassese has pointed out that a simple parliamentary regulation cannot regulate the pension treatment of people who are no longer parliamentarians or have never been and that the Council of State has been too compliant…
The Court declares the extension decided with the 2017 Budget Law unconstitutional. It does not rule out the possibility of imposing long-term savings on the Regions, but reiterates that the individual measures to contain public spending must present the…
The Constitutional Court filed today in the Chancellery a very important pronouncement in defense of the reform of cooperative banks in which it underlines that the rules on the repayments of shareholders who want to withdraw at the time of transformation into a joint stock company are dictated…
The government decree law allowed the continuation of the business activity of the factories, as it is of strategic national interest, despite the seizure following the death of a worker exposed, without adequate protection, to dangerous activities in the Taranto blast furnace.
Rejected the constitutionality issues raised by the Council of State on the reform of popular banks - Now for the two institutions that have not yet been transformed into joint-stock companies (Sondrio and Bari) a race against time is expected. I leap…
Last hearing Tuesday 20 of the Constitutional Court on the legitimacy of the Renzi government's reform of cooperative banks - Banca Popolare di Bari and Banca Popolare di Sondrio and their 250 shareholders are waiting to know above all what…
President Mattarella designated him to replace Professor Paolo Grossi, who ceased his functions as Judge and President of the Constitutional Court on February 23, 2018.
After having rejected the Fornero reform, which blocked the adjustment of pensions to inflation in the years 2012-13, the Constitutional Court instead recognized the measure taken by law decree by the Renzi government in 2015 as legitimate: "The blockade for only two years …
The Constitutional Court has approved the Renzi decree which reformulated the revaluation of pensions without disruption to public finances - The interim regime, necessary to finance the changes to the women's option, will remain in force throughout 2018
The Court rejected the appeals accusing the decree with which the Renzi government partially returned to pensioners the money lost with the stop to the equalization wanted by the Monti government as unconstitutional. The new discipline creates "a…
Great fibrillation in the Democratic Party in view of Monday's leadership in which Matteo Renzi is ready to resign as secretary to arrive at the congress before the administrative elections in June - Meanwhile, the Constitutional Court deposits the reasons on the Italicum and warns…
The majority premium should survive, while the possibility of the blocked leaders elected in several constituencies to choose the place of election could also be skipped, determining who to let into the other constituencies as second elected
This was communicated by the secretary general of the Constitutional Court just after the beginning of the council session on Tuesday afternoon. The decision on the Italicum will be communicated at 13pm
The judgment of the Constitutional Court on the Italicum is expected between tomorrow and the following day: the ballot and the majority premium are at risk - Not only the future electoral law but the fate and duration of the…
The Gentiloni government can breathe a sigh of relief: it won't be necessary to go to elections in the spring
Great expectations for the decision of the Constitutional Court, scheduled for today, on the admissibility or otherwise of the three referendums proposed by the CGIL on the Jobs Act and concerning vouchers, article 18 and tenders - The advance or not will also depend on the pronouncement of the Consulta...
In the absence of government extensions for the obligations of the cooperative banks, for the time being the Popolare di Bari and Sondrio banks the indefinite postponement of the transformation into a joint-stock company, ordered by the Courts of Milan and Bari, is valid…
According to the Constitutional Court, the threshold of 8 billion in assets identified by the reform of the cooperatives for their transformation into a spa is justified, as is the use of the decree law following the requests of international organizations to…
It is said that the referendum question on the layoffs submitted by the CGIL to the Constitutional Court is admissible: for a formal reason and for a substantial reason - Here is how things stand in view of the pronouncement of the Consulta of 11 January…
Italian politics and in particular the reforms of the Renzi government are more than ever in the hands of the Constitutional Court which on 11 January will rule on the admissibility or otherwise of the referendum on the Jobs Act promoted by the CGIL and on 24…
The hearing of the Constitutional Court on the electoral law has been set for January 24th. After the postponement to a date to be set, set for October, there is now a certain date, even if not close - Six possible profiles of…
The Consulta has decided to postpone the examination of the electoral law until after the referendum on the constitutional reform - The objective is not to interfere in the popular consultation - The Chamber of Deputies instead discusses the Sel motion to amend the Italicum immediately
Today in Montecitorio the discussion on the motion of Sel and Si on the reform of the electoral law begins, which has become the focal point of the political debate in view of the referendum - Before the pronouncement of the Constitutional Court, however, it is…
The Spanish Constitutional Court suspends a motion approved a week ago by the Catalan Parliament which provided for the start of the process of separation from Spain - Possible criminal consequences for the supporters of independence.
The constitutional judges declare illegitimate the rule that limited the amount of the survivor's pension when the deceased spouse was married at more than 70 years and the surviving spouse was at least 20 years younger - The law…
The Constitutional Court rejected the unconstitutionality requests relating to the solidarity levy introduced in 2014 by the Letta government, not considering it a disguised tax - The levy, which therefore remains confirmed, is equal to 6% for pensions from…
A year and a half after the definitive approval of the new electoral law, the conference of group leaders of the Chamber surprisingly decided today that in September the Chamber will examine the motion presented by the Italian Left, relating to the possible unconstitutionality of…
Jurist and historian, one of the most renowned professors of history of law and canon law in the country. Paolo Grossi takes the place of Alessandro Criscuolo who announced his resignation on 11 February for family reasons
The president of the Consulta, appointed on November 12, 2014, will remain in the Court as judge - The decision for family reasons - Today conversation between Renzi and Mattarella.
The constitutional judges judged admissible the referendum question proposed by 9 Regions (Basilicata, Marche, Puglia, Sardinia, Abruzzo, Veneto, Calabria, Liguria, Campania and Molise) together with the No-Triv committees - The central point of the question is the duration of titles for…
Between today and tomorrow the Constitutional Court will express itself on the admissibility of the referendum questions on the drilling rigs for the exploitation and exploration of hydrocarbons - In any case, no to election day with administrative - Eni's CEO Descalzi: "Italy has…
In the 32nd vote, Parliament finally elects the new constitutional judges (Brabera, Prosperetti and Modugno) thanks to Renzi's wing shot who takes advantage of Brunetta's own goal, unloads Forza Italia and allies with the 5 Star Movement.
Community and national interventions on the subject of "bank resolution" raise many constitutional doubts on the actions involving the rights of bank shareholders and bondholders - The case of Austria is relevant, where the Constitutional Court repealed the…
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 reimbursements from 295 to 750 euros net will be paid today to the 4 million pensioners who in the two-year period 2012-13 suffered the block of the revaluation of their social security treatments at the cost of living - The government decision in response to…
The revaluation of pension checks is law and the refunds will arrive from 1 August - The ceiling for the return of the automatic revaluation block is set at 40% - The 100% adjustment of the cost of living will only apply to…
With the decision on public employment, the Consulta has invented an obligation to bargain that does not exist in a free market society, with the risk of consolidating privileges - In any case, it is by no means certain that…
According to three private appellants, the public and private bond purchase program wanted by Mario Draghi's board would be "scandalously worse" than the OMTs, on which a judgment is expected on June 16th.
The State Attorney's Office writes it in the brief to the Constitutional Court in view of the hearing on the legitimacy of the block on bargaining in the public sector.
The one-off reimbursement of only the weakest pensioners decided by Matteo Renzi was an uncomfortable choice on the eve of the regional elections but it is the only one in accordance with the sentence of the Constitutional Court which avoids breaking public finances -…
After the solution found by the government to comply with the ruling of the Pension Consulta, the European Commission "welcomes the commitment to maintain the budgetary objectives envisaged in the 2015 stability programme"
To begin the repayments of pension revaluations, next Friday or Tuesday the Council of Ministers will approve a decree law worth 3-3,5 billion on 2015, but the total cost of the repayments should be between 4 and 4,8 billion…
The former constitutional judge Sabino Cassese, in an editorial in the "Corriere della Sera" critically affirms that the Consulta had other possible avenues on the automatic equalization of pensions without placing the burden of facing public finance costs that are difficult to bear on the Government...
The recent ruling by the Consulta does not consider the cut to the automatic equalization of pensions to be entirely illegitimate but disputes its extension to medium-low benefits, effectively leaving ample room for the Government to remodulate the intervention and graduate the reimbursements - Alt…
"If the Greeks complete the reform programme, but debt sustainability is not at the required levels anyway, then we would be ready to do more" - The president of the Eurogroup meets Padoan: "We have faith in the Italian government: it will be able to…
ALL THE NUMBERS OF CUTS IN THE AUTOMATIC PENSION EQUALIZATION called into question by the controversial sentence of the Constitutional Court - The two ways of the Government: remodulating the intervention and repaying in installments - But for pensioners the repayment of the sums…
PENSIONS, CONSULT - "I respect the sentence of the Constitutional Court, as always, but I am perplexed" comments former premier Mario Monti in an interview with "La Stampa", recalling how, in the absence of the block on the indexation of average and high, there would have been…
According to Giuliano Cazzola, the sentence of the Constitutional Court obliges the Government to reformulate the Fornero rule on the blocking of equalization, making it more equitable - But the Consulta wanted to send a loud and clear signal also to the sorcerer's apprentices that…
The Constitutional Court has rejected the rule that had established the block on equalization for pensions for 2012 and 2013 - According to estimates by the State Attorney's Office, the cost of the rejection would be almost 5 billion a…
The Constitutional Court cancels the additional IRES on companies in the oil and energy sector introduced in 2008 - The sentence is not retroactive but the State will have to find how to cover the loss of revenue which brought 2,8 billion in two years…
The Constitutional Court has rejected the request for an abrogative referendum made by the League on the pension reform by Elsa Fornero - Salvini: "This Italy disgusts me".
The master of law and constitutional judge, Sabino Cassese, and his student, Luisa Torchia, present today in Rome their new essay: "Administrative law, a conversation", published by "Il Mulino" for the series "The law that changes " - Neither…
The step back comes after Matteo Renzi said he was willing to change the Pd candidate - New strategy: opening up to the grillini.
The self-governing body of the judiciary will be completed with Paola Balducci and Pierantonio Zanettin, while as regards the Consulta we are heading towards the fourteenth black smoke - The Democratic Party and Forza Italia have given indications to their parliamentarians to…
Renzi's father investigated - Meanwhile, the House and Senate meeting in joint session fail once again in the attempt to elect the new members of the Consulta (Violante stops at 542 votes, Bruno at 527, quorum at 570) and…
Giuseppe Tesauro is the new president of the Constitutional Court. Jurist, former president of the Antitrust, he was elected with seven votes in favour, six against.
A report from the rating agency, the pronouncement of the German Constitutional Court and Putin's more conciliatory tone on Ukraine give sprint to the Stock Exchanges awaiting the first moves of Yellen at the helm of the Fed - All the lists are on the rise…
The judges believe that the ESM has not violated the right of the Berlin parliament to decide on budget matters and reiterated that Germany's commitment to the fund must be limited to 190 billion euros, specifying that further…
According to the president emeritus of the Constitutional Court, the tax system is no longer able to perform the equitable function necessary to combat inequalities - Taxes are needed on assets that represent ability to pay - Then more attention to families...
APPOINTMENTS - The former Finance Minister and president emeritus of the Constitutional Court, Franco Gallo, is the new president of Treccani - He was appointed by the last Council of Ministers of the Letta government - Gallo takes the place of the former premier Giuliano Amato…
FONDAZIONE BRUNO VISENTINI - On Monday at the Chamber of Deputies (14.30 pm, Palazzo Marini, Via Poli 19, Rome) the Visentini Foundation will present a research project on the reform of the spa discipline in a seminar with scholars and operators including…
The Constitutional Court justified the sentence of 4 December 2013 on the electoral law, paving the way for a solution invoked by Renzi, namely the Spanish model with fixed preferences and lists.
The real test of the Government are the reforms that have been waiting for too long to be implemented - Marchionne is right in asking us to do like Spain and to align ourselves with global rules if we want to attract investments in Italy -…
Sparkling weekend for Italian politics after the rejection of the Porcellum: the primaries of the Democratic Party with the return to the vote of Prodi and the super-favourite Renzi, Berlusconi's attempt to relaunch Forza Italia and the debut of the New centre-right…
The discussion of the Constitutional Court on the Porcellum began this morning at 9:30: the Consulta will have to express itself on the possible unconstitutionality of the current electoral law - The decision could be postponed to January - Grasso's appeal to the parties: "New electoral law, or …
At the end of this morning's meeting, the Constitutional Court decided to set a closed session on the admissibility of a referendum for January 14: that could be the day of the decision, provided that the Court deems it admissible…
FROM CIRCOLO REF RESEARCH - The sentence of the German Constitutional Court is forthcoming on the new measures decided by the European Central Bank (ECB) to safeguard the transmission mechanism of monetary policy in the Euro area and thus give support to the countries…
He received eight votes, against seven for Luigi Mazzella, who was appointed vice president - The new president will remain in office until June 28, 2014, when his nine-year term will expire.
According to an indiscretion reported today by Corriere della Sera, yesterday Napolitano would have signed the decree - The appointment comes at a time of great work for the Consulta, which by the end of the year will have to express itself on the legitimacy of the current electoral law and perhaps…
Union representation cannot be separated from company bargaining and compliance with agreements, on pain of the companies becoming uninhabitable - But despite having made the mistake of canceling article 19 of the Workers' Statute, the Constitutional Court has the merit of…
The Constitutional Court has closed the door to the laws that instituted solidarity contributions towards the golden pensions and top salaries of the public administration - Two sentences that risk being devastating, sanctioning the impossibility of repairing the vertical iniquity of…
A bill is ready which aims to cancel any reference to the Provinces from the Constitution - The "Colleges of Autonomies" will arrive as replacements, which will be made up of mayors - Savings expected between 700 million and one billion…
At the end of this morning's meeting between the Government and the group leaders of the majority, the Executive undertook to speed up the payment of the PA's debts to businesses in the autumn - Tomorrow in the Council of Ministers a…
The judges declared article 19 of the Workers' Statute unconstitutional, where it excludes from the RSA the acronyms that are not signatories of the contracts, a rule applied by Fiat to exclude Fiom CGIL from the factories.
These are people who collect a gross annual pension income of more than 90 euros - Among the most famous are Dini, Amato, Draghi, Gamberale and Geronzi - The record belongs to Santinelli: 3 euros a day -…
The consultations will come alive tomorrow with the arrival of the major delegations at the Colle: from Grillo to the PDL and the Pd - Probably Napolitano will only give an exploratory mandate to the secretary of the Pd but the doubt is always the same: government…
The Constitutional Court explained that the conflict of attribution relating to a law or an act having the force of law is not admissible when there is the possibility of raising an objection of constitutional legitimacy incidentally in the context of…
The Constitutional Court has declared the constitutional illegitimacy, due to excess of legislative delegation, of the Legislative Decree which provides for the institution of compulsory mediation in some disputes.
