“This government wants to encourage the start autonomy differentiated soon“, recently said the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. And he argued: “More autonomy for the regions, aiming to increase the efficiency and quality of services, to create inequality among citizens“. Meloni decided to confront one of the most difficult issues in the Italian political debate: the demand of some Italian regions to have more autonomous power. to the detriment of the central state. Today, more than ever before, it is a debate that is on the agenda of an Italian government.
such a request been around for a long time in Italy. Abandoned the old longing (apparently) separation, what the far-right League of Matteo Salvini has been demanding for years, is today Meloni’s most important partner in the transalpine government. So the request included in the selection program and the centre-right coalition won the last elections in the transalp country.
Italy’s new interior minister Regional Affairs, Roberto Calderolialready submitted a draft of reform Y He said the bill would be approved in 2023. According to this document, the aim is to Amendment to Articles 116 and 117 of the Constitution Italian, which ensures that new forms of autonomy can be granted “on the initiative of the relevant region”.
another Italy
Some initiatives that have proliferated in recent years. Actually, the first three zones that activate the process Demand for more autonomy to the central State in 2017 Emilia Romagna, Veneto and Lombardy. The first is a region ruled by the centre-left, the other two are a region administered by the League. But then Other regions joined them as well. They were also interested in gaining greater autonomous powers. These include Piedmont, Liguria, Tuscany, Umbria, The Marches, Basilicata, Apulia and Campania.
in Italy, Each region has 23 competencies. He can claim to rule. However, not all regional organizations want to manage them all. This is just the case of Lombardy and Veneto, two regions where a referendum was held five years ago in which citizens approved this request. But Liguria only wanted to manage its transport networks. Apulia and Campania only have their own sanitary systems. And Tuscany demanded the management of its cultural assets.
What’s new compared to the past is that any thought on this topic before has given me chills centrist parties like brothers from Italy, Formation of Meloni. But now It just starts to seem like something impossible but to some extent it is something to be desired. And this is because Although the league is the main sponsor your claim is the issue today Neither left nor right. An example of this is the case of progressive Emilia Romagna, who was one of the most active in supporting her demand.
Solidarity is discussed
Of course, There are also those who are. The reason is the same as always: This proposal, which could change the face of Italy, especially affects the poorest regions of southern Italy. melon promised not to. The far-right said this reform “will never be an excuse to leave part of the region behind”. But despite this, analysts have many doubts. match silvio berlusconi, Forza Italy (the third partner of the Meloni Government), expressed its concerns and several regional governors also revolted public.
For example. Michele Emiliano from Apulia, your proposal Does not respect the Italian ConstitutionVincenzo de Luca from Campania, What is at stake is the integrity of the country.. Other voices condemned that they were at risk health baseline levels owed to the citizens. “Such a reform can only be unjust,” said economist Giancarlo Viesti of the University of Bari. Therefore, surprises (and possible comebacks) have not yet been ruled out.