US EditionItaly's Senate approves justice reform, opening way for decisive referendum
The reform aims to prevent conflicts of interest by separating prosecutors and judges, with civil cases taking about 1,000 days to resolve, EU data shows.
- On Thursday, Italy's Senate approved sweeping judicial reform, advancing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's flagship overhaul as the measure moves to a nationwide referendum expected next spring.
- Successive Italian governments have pushed judicial changes amid systemic delays, as Italy's civil and commercial court system takes about 1,000 days to resolve cases, while tensions rose after the state auditors court refused a government plan on Wednesday.
- Opponents argue the reform concentrates power, with Elly Schlein saying, `This is not a reform that improves the justice system, nor does it help Italians. It serves this government to have free rein and put itself above the laws and the Constitution.`
- Meloni's standing gives her a potential edge as her popularity remains higher than when she took office, while clearance rates above 100% indicate progress reducing the backlog.
- Italy's justice system remains among Europe's most dysfunctional, underscoring the high stakes of the referendum, which risks becoming a lightning rod for wider political discontent and damaging Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister's reputation if defeated.
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After the definitive green light to the separation of the magistrates' careers, for Giorgia Meloni the premiered the next stop to be reached, a necessary pit stop...
The day after the approval of the constitutional ddl, the association of the magistrates gives life to an autonomous organization open to all lawyers, professors and citizens. Yes to the comparison with Nordio. Pd-M5S-AVS ask for the start of the collection of signatures for the referendum
The Italian Senate has adopted a controversial reform of justice supported by the government, which endangers the independence of judges. A referendum will have to validate the text and could decide the fate of other reforms envisaged by Giorgia Meloni.
Now the referendum. Nordio: "It will be between March and April." Marina Berlusconi: "It is a victory of my father"
The Senate gives l'ok (with 112 votes, 59 no and 9 abstentions) to the ddl that separates the careers of the magistrates and puts hand to the flaws of the system. They celebrate Fi and the League. Now it is up to the citizens. The minister: "Don't politicize the question" .
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