Very harsh attack by the Bankers' Association on the Calderoli project on differentiated autonomy which would strongly damage the prerogatives of the State in the field of credit activity and which the bankers urge Meloni to promptly correct
Only a far-sighted constitutional reform can cancel the Italian anomaly of weak and short-lived governments - The two hypotheses on the table and the test of maturity that awaits Meloni but also the opposition
Whatever the outcome of the referendum on the cut of parliamentarians, the NO front has already achieved the goal of demystifying the hoaxes of the YES front and of picking the populism that has been infecting the country for too many years
INTERVIEW with LINDA LANZILLOTTA, former minister and vice-president of the Senate. "ENA has become the symbol of caste, which is why Macron wants to abolish it and bring the administration closer to the citizens" - "It is necessary to react to the progressive demolition of representative democracy" - "In Italy…
The constitution reform desired by the Five Stars in the name of so-called direct democracy and under discussion in the Chamber provides that the bills presented by at least 500 voters must not be discussed but approved by Parliament: in case…
Except for changes, the reform - which received the first of the 4 yeses from the Senate requesting a constitutional reform like this from Parliament - provides for a decrease from 630 to 400 deputies and from 315 to 200 elected senators. AND'…
Vacchi, Storchi, Bonometti and Regina animate the race to succeed Giorgio Squinzi at the helm of Confindustria but the winner will be whoever understands first that institutional reforms require lobbying in a different way from the past - The decline is affecting…
INTERVIEW WITH LINDA LANZILLOTTA, Pd vice president of the Senate - "The letter-appeal we sent to Renzi on the 5 priorities of the reform agenda aims to strengthen the driving force of the Government" - Reforms can "get Italy running again" Not…
Letter-appeal to the premier of a group of Pd parliamentarians, anticipated by "Il Foglio", for a new turning point in Italy based on 5 priority reforms: revolutionizing public spending, linking wages to company productivity, civil and criminal justice, more competition, reward…
Today I vote on the definitive text, two more votes will follow but they will be sight unseen. Renzi: "The referendum in October" and in the event of a rejection "I'll be ready to draw the consequences" - Other priorities in January include the approval of…
The president emeritus of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, confirmed to "Corriere della Sera" that he is in favor of the constitutional reforms of the Renzi government and that therefore he will vote yes in the referendum on the reform of the Senate - But he hopes that in the referendum…
After the new step forward of the reform of the Senate, the race for energy infrastructures reopens, blocked for too many years by local vetoes - From the national deposit of nuclear waste to the reconversion of the Gela refinery up to…
The reform of the Senate is now on the decline - The majority holds up and even surpasses two secret votes on article 6 requested by the opposition - Suspensions of Verdi fans at Palazzo Madama for sexist gestures.
After the approval of the art. 1 which governs the overcoming of equal bicameralism, today the constitutional reform of the Senate is expected to be tested by the famous article 2 which establishes the criteria for the election of future senators: there will be secret votes but the…
Canguro approved with 177 yes, 157 no and 2 abstentions - All other proposed amendments to article 1 of the text of the law on constitutional reforms lapse.
With a "kangaroo" amendment presented by Dem Cociancich, the majority dribbles 19 secret votes on article 1 of the reform and secures its first victory on the road to reform. Today we move on to article 2: Grasso only admitted the amendments…
The minister for reforms replied in parliament on the reform of the Senate. "It is the result of ten years of work, not improvisation. 4.400 amendments were presented, with 134 points of modification between the Senate and the Chamber. For the Constitution…
The majority presented only three amendments to the Charter reform, while Northern League senator Roberto Calderoli set a new "Guinness record", as he himself underlined.
The battle over the reform of the Senate heats up after the decision of the president of the assembly of Palazzo Madama, Pietro Grasso, wanted by Bersani, to put the disputed article 2 on the ineligibility of senators back to the vote - A move that pleases…
The Italians are back on vacation and for the first time in years, mid-August is showing signs of economic recovery: GDP is growing and stable jobs are on the increase - thanks above all to the international situation but also to Mario…
The southern question is not a local question but a major national question to be addressed with reforms but also with the reawakening of civil society - La Casmez and the State Participations are not reproducible but a great…
The premier returns to his proposal for a tax revolution that has wrong-footed both the opposition and the dem minority: "It is a pact that I propose to the Italians: reforms in exchange for tax cuts. If the reforms go ahead, we will be…
First ok for the Madia bill which passes the examination of the Senate room with 144 votes in favor - The oppositions left the room at the time of the vote - Yes also to the absorption of the Forestry Corps into another police force
Bizarre swing of the Italian mood: first they accused the premier of running too fast and now of slowing down. Correct criticism but at the wrong address - It is not Renzi who is holding back the reforms but the tangle of lobbies, corporations, particularisms and bureaucracies that…
The awaited reform of the Public Administration, which is the mother of all reforms, cannot only concern public management but must attack the procedures with a simplification that entails a significant reduction of the powers so far well distributed and well…
LINKS OF THE WEEK - The effects of Qe on businesses and families, the construction site of the reforms of the Renzi government (from the Italicum to the reform of cooperative banks and that of schools), how to save on mortgages and current accounts…
The Court of Cassation has definitively acquitted Silvio Berlusconi in the Ruby case from the charge of extortion and child prostitution - The leader of Forza Italia expresses "much happiness" and says he is convinced that the acquittal will reunite the party with effects on the reforms…
Confirmed the predictions of the eve: M5s leave the classroom, the whole Democratic Party votes yes, Forza Italia is opposed but divided. The provision now returns to the Senate and marks a new success for the Government - News also for some aspects of the election…
The constitutional reform that transforms the Senate is today in the vote of the Deputies Chamber: Berlusconi, denying the previous vote, has asked his followers to vote against but Forza Italia is splitting and a part is to support the reform…
Great tension at the top of Forza Italia: Berlusconi under accusation for the way the battle for the Quirinale was handled and for relations with Renzi - Lease: reset all the leadership - Toti: "The Pact is…
The Premier sets the benchmarks for the post-Quirinale government agenda: electoral reform and the application of the Jobs Act do not touch each other, just as the law does not change Severino - No discount for tax fraudsters…
After the election to the Quirinale of an "honest and rigorous" person like Mattarella and after the success of Renzi, Italy has a unique opportunity to seize the economic recovery driven by the collapse of oil, the weakness of the euro and the monetary but…
The Minister of the Treasury after the Ecofin: "We will plead the exceptional circumstances with the Commission" - "That the Italian debt is sustainable is an incontrovertible thesis" - "Slowing down reforms after Qe? No, let's speed up" - "The sustainability of the debt Greek is…
According to the ECB president, "until now the implementation of structural reforms has been largely a national prerogative, but in a Union like ours it is clearly a matter of common interest".
Minister Boschi confirms the new agreement between Renzi and Berlusconi despite the discontent of some members of Forza Italia - Priority to institutional reforms and only after the succession of the President of the Republic which Napolitano now announces as almost…
Assembly of the high-voltage Democratic Party today after the new split of the group yesterday evening on the occasion of the first yes of the Chamber to the reform of bicameralism and Title V which was approved by a majority by the Affairs Commission…
"I'm not opening a discussion", Renzi said in an interview with La Repubblica: "The Italicum is in the classroom in December" and Berlusconi "has pledged to us to say yes to the package with the constitutional reform by January. that deal".
Illustrating the Thousand Days, the Premier was very clear in Parliament, warning that either reforms are made or the only solution remains recourse to early elections, naturally after the approval of the new electoral law, Napolitano permitting - Not for…
The European Central Bank, in addition to cutting rates, has also given the green light to a program of purchases of securities securitized by bank loans - But Draghi warns: "There is no monetary or fiscal stimulus that can give…
According to the president of the Eurogroup, guaranteeing more flexibility to a country means first of all giving it more time to bring the deficit-GDP ratio back within the limits of 3%, but only in exchange for the structural reforms necessary to improve competitiveness.
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…
After the success in Europe with the appointment of Mogherini and the new reforms, the real litmus test for the Renzi government has two names: spending review and labor market reform - Draghi also said it...
The Prime Minister replies to the proposal of the head of the ECB, who had asked the Eurozone countries to cede sovereignty in terms of structural reforms: "Italy needs reforms - says Renzi in an interview with the Financial Times -…
Only the incurable Italian benaltrism can imagine that institutional reforms and economic reforms are alternatives to each other - In reality, as Michele Salvati lucidly explains in the Corriere, they are only two parallel paths which, albeit at different times, must aim for the only goal...
The constitutional reform of the Senate, approved on Friday in the first reading, also changes Title V and brings many competences back to the center (foreign trade, strategic infrastructures, large transport networks, ports, airports, energy) but does not invest the five Regions …
The Chamber of Palazzo Madama approved in first reading (3 more are needed) the constitutional reform of the Senate, which in the future will be composed of only 100 members not directly elected and without compensation - Immunity remains - The new Senate…
Double appointment today for Prime Minister Renzi who met Forza Italia leader Silvio Berlusconi at Palazzo Chigi in the morning to define the path of the Italicum and its possible changes - But no less important for the premier is…
The new geography of the centre-right in view of Berlusconi's meeting with Renzi - Forza Italia is divided into three - There are the doves led by Verdini and faithful to the ex Cavaliere: they bet on the agreement with Renzi - There are the tough…
The grillini's suicidal Aventine line cancels the obstructionism and paves the way for the reform of the Senate: all the amendments rejected and seven other articles approved - Palazzo Madama's yes to the first reading by Friday - Immunity unchanged -…
The reform of the Senate has taken a clear step forward and the objective of approval by 8 August becomes feasible - Article 2 has been approved, which is the heart of the whole reform: the new Senate will be composed of 100 members…
Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on the reforms: the electoral law (Italicum) can also be revised on preferences but the reform of the Senate must be approved first - Meanwhile, the majority collects the confirmation of the "kangaroo" that in Palazzo Madama, where the climate…
Senate in the reform case - Sel blew up the Chiti mediation (reduction of amendments but final vote in September) accepted by Prime Minister Renzi and the path of reforms got bogged down again - We vote with the…
If the hall of Palazzo Madama approves the reform of the Senate and its ineligibility, the Italicum can be reviewed by opening the introduction of preferences and the adjustment of the thresholds and the majority premium: said Prime Minister Matteo Renzi who is …
The majority chose the most drastic option: limiting the time for debate in the courtroom, otherwise known as a "trap", and voting on the reform bill by 8 August.
The Democratic Party unnerved by President Grasso, who did not veto the requests for a secret vote - Renzi: "We will go to the Chamber and change the text", but if the obstructionism wins, the vote will return in the autumn - From Monday sittings…
The group leader has established that from Monday the senators will meet indefinitely, with sessions from 9 to 24, including Saturdays and Sundays, to approve the package of constitutional reforms by the summer break - Renzi:…
The examination of the Reform Bill resumes today after the umpteenth postponement of the vote on the amendments - Undersecretary Pizzetti (Pd): "The opposition wants to postpone everything to September, but we will oppose it: the guillotine would not be a scandal", or the extraordinary measure to pass…
Minister Boschi assures: "We will close the game by August 10" - The objective is in any case difficult given the avalanche of amendments that weigh on the text released by the Commission: in fact, 8 thousand amendments weigh on the constitutional bill.
The Premier: "We reasonably close the constitutional reforms, if the obstructionism continues, by eye within 15 days, from when we start voting..." - The timing outlined by the Prime Minister has given rise to Sel and M5S, but also the League…
The presence of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is still uncertain - The Democratic Party reiterates its openness on the size of the majority bonus and on immunity, but the grillini do not seem to want to back down on preferences and will probably also reject a possible compromise we are talking about…
The Premier and the leaders of the Democratic Party write to the grillini: "The electoral law must be approved by 2014, while the constitutional reform in 2015, to then proceed to a possible referendum" - "Your position on immunity is very serious, we are ready to …
The deadline for the presentation of the amendments will expire tomorrow at 13 pm - Voting on the proposed amendments should begin on Wednesday - The 5 Star Movement has already announced the battle: “The week of reforms begins. We meet again…
The rapporteur Calderoli withdrew his signature on the amendments concerning the methods of electing senators by the regional councils and the regional powers over large area entities - "In the text presented, the regional councils no longer vote…
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…
In view of the squeeze on the reform of the Senate, the frond is growing in Forza Italia and in the Democratic Party but the dissidents, beyond the problems of political coherence, seem to forget that there is a big difference between bar talk and…
A meeting that lasted over two hours between Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Fi leader Silvio Berlusconi took place this morning at Palazzo Chigi - "With the Italicum we want to proceed quickly after the launch of the reform...
This was announced by the Prime Minister himself, clarifying that he will see the MPs of the M5S, but "I don't think Beppe Grillo", specified Renzi.
ADELE GAMBARO SPEAKS, formerly M5S - "I don't understand Grillo's move to negotiate in extremis on reforms with Renzi: the Democratellum seems to me to be the umpteenth attempt to buy time hoping to mess things up but I fear it's just a…
In the proposed amendment, it is envisaged that there will be 74 senators elected by the regional councils from among their members "in proportion to their composition" - No Region can have fewer than three senators: only Molise, Valle d'Aosta and the Provinces…
Grillo and Casaleggio acknowledge that "the premier has been legitimized by the popular vote" and say they are ready to discuss electoral law with him - The League is also open to Renzi on institutional reforms - Prudent Pds: "Ready to discuss…
The Council of Ministers has approved with decrees with immediate effect the new anti-corruption measures with greater powers for the Canton commissioner, the reform of the Public Administration (more mobility and part-time and generational turnover) and interventions to support the competitiveness of…
Prime Minister Matteo Renzi charging at his return from Asia - In fact, there are three important reforms scheduled for today's Council of Ministers: anti-corruption, competitiveness and public administration - But the Prime Minister does not lose sight of the reforms…
At the time of Cesare Cosciani's tax reform in 1963, institutions were seen as a common good - Then there was their degeneration into corporatism and today Grillo's populism comes to hypothesize their destruction - We must…
However, the Constitutional Affairs Commission of the Senate approved Roberto Calderoli's agenda by one vote, which provides for an Elective Senate and differs from Finocchiaro's on one essential point, namely the election methods…
