After the meeting with the opposition on May 9th in the Chamber, and yesterday’s confrontation with trade unions and trade associations, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni today at Palazzo Chigi took stock of the situation on the issue of institutional reforms with the summit of his party giving, according to what was found, the mandate to elaborate a proposal that foresees the second mandate.
For more than an hour and a half, the prime minister spoke with ministers Francesco Lollobrigida and Luca Ciriani, and with the leaders of the Chamber and Senate of the Brothers of Italy, Tommaso Foti and Lucio Malan. Also present at Palazzo Chigi was the vice president of Montecitorio, Fabio Rampelli, who however, leaving the seat of government, dodged the questions of reporters: “The meeting on reforms? I went for other practical matters of various kinds. The meetings of the party are not held at Palazzo Chigi”.
After the balance made by Meloni with the various players on the ground, we are waiting, therefore, for the proposal that will end up being articulated in Parliament, where the bill for the implementation of autonomy has already arrived – in the Constitutional Affairs commission of the differentiated Senate presented by Minister Roberto Calderoli. The prime minister has repeatedly reiterated that she aspires to the greatest possible involvement, but with two firm points: the stability of governments and respect for the will of citizens. Key principles put on paper already in the FdI electoral program in the point ‘presidentialism’.
In recent weeks, however, the opposition has been quite transversal in terms of systems with a presidential or semi-presidential model – not least because the delicate issue linked to the powers of the President of the Republic remains in the background – which is why, in the end, the contribution de Meloni was to carry out an in-depth analysis of the post of prime minister. In addition to the type of proposal to be put on the table, there is also a decision to be made in which of the two Chambers to initiate the process. As mentioned, the differentiated autonomy has already reached the Senate and, according to the reasoning in parliamentary circles, the next budgetary session will start in Palazzo Madama. For this reason, he assesses, the path of reforms should start from Montecitorio, where there would be more room for manoeuvre.
Source: IL Tempo
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