The Chamber approves a bill that modifies the rules valid for the divorce allowance - It will no longer be only the income that counts - Here are all the changes
Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, who has just resigned from Gemelli, headed the council of ministers which approved the legislative decrees on civil unions and examined some decrees on school reform - The leaders of the police forces have been confirmed.
A monstrous debate has been unleashed in the United States on the use of public toilets: which toilet can/should transgenders and bisexuals use? - The issue has made its noisy entrance into the presidential campaign, while…
After the entry into force of the law on civil unions, even the de facto partner will be able to have access to tax deductions on expenses incurred for renovation works.
The Council approved the decree establishing the register of civil unions of same-sex couples - Fifteen days for the latest implementing provisions. Solved the conscientious objector issue.
The Premier on civil unions: "I'm a Catholic but I do politics as a layman: I swore on the Constitution not on the Gospel. Knowing my world too, I knew there would be controversy and I would have been surprised otherwise" - "Forced the bond…
With the law definitively approved the other day, Italy has regulated civil unions like the rest of Europe - Here is how the law works in the Old Continent country by country
After the yes to trust, the Chamber definitively approved the provision - 372 deputies voted in favour, 51 no and 99 abstained - Renzi rejoices: "Today is a day of celebration" - Here are the…
The vote in the Deputies Hall is scheduled for today and will be decisive, because the provision has already been approved in the Senate - Controversy from the oppositions for trust - The cornerstones of the law: reciprocal obligations, adoptions, housing, food, donation...
"With me premier, Italy will not go to war in Libya": Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said in a television interview, specifying that the Libyan case is very serious and the words must be weighed "it is not a video game"…
The incomprehensible controversies on the Cirinnà law recall the one against Abraham Lincoln at the time of the abolition of slavery in America: after the chatter, the facts count - And on this level, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has unscrupulously demonstrated that he has a…
The Government gains confidence in the maxi-amendment to civil unions - Stepchild adoption and obligation of fidelity removed - Lightning divorce for civil unions
In the maxi-amendment on which the government has placed its trust, stepchild adoption (which will flow into a new provision) and the obligation of loyalty have disappeared, but the obligation to maintain it in the event of termination of the union has remained.
The assembly of democratic senators has given the go-ahead to the maxi-amendment proposed by the premier which excludes from the reform the adoption of the partner's biological child and the rules that equalize civil union and marriage - Renzi: "One piece better today than…
The amendment that unlocks the Cirinnà bill on civil unions, removing the stepchild adoption and the photocopied rules between civil union and marriage, will be submitted today to the examination of the assembly of senators of the Democratic Party in the presence of the prime minister who intends to lock it down…
The Democratic Party in the Senate does not have the numbers to make the Cirinnà bill prevail over civil unions (including adoptions) and is therefore at a crossroads that will be resolved in tomorrow's assembly of its senators - Renzi: "Or the…
The group leaders' conference decided to postpone everything until Wednesday 24 February. Zanda: "Reflection is needed to re-tie the political threads" - The Pd for the moment refuses to cancel stepchild adoption
M5S refuses to vote for the superkangaroo, keeping 8-900 amendments alive - At this point, the Democratic Party could decide to withdraw stepchild adoption from the provision to find another majority in the Chamber.
In the Senate, expectations are rising on the crucial vote, in a few hours, on the amendments to the Cirinnà bill. But why use foreign terms when it is possible to use Italian periphrases and neologisms? The Accademia della Crusca rebels and suggests replacing "stepchild adoption" with…
The Premier dryly replies to Cardinal Bagnasco's position - Grasso echoes him: "Decisions on procedures are a prerogative of republican institutions"