Meloni’s Constitutional Reform

Published on 04.26.2024

Prof. Dr. Andrea De Petris

Dr. Eleonora Poli

The Italian government is seeking to advance a constitutional reform that would allow the Prime Minister to be directly elected the by the citizens. The idea is that this would ensure greater stability to the govern-ment, also respecting the principle of democratic representation.

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Although the Italian coalition govern-ment appears not to have the necessary number of seats in the Parliament to pass the reform, without re-sorting to a popular referendum, the risks of this reform are twofold.

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