Paving the Way to Autocracy? - On the Meloni Government’s Attempt to Shift the Constitutional Architecture of Italy
On November 3, 2023, the Italian Council of Ministers approved a Bill to amend the Constitution, encapsulating what Giorgia Meloni’s Cabinet advertises as a measure to enhance executive stability and streamline policy implementation for medium to long-term objectives. The real goal appears to be cem...
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| description | On November 3, 2023, the Italian Council of Ministers approved a Bill to amend the Constitution, encapsulating what Giorgia Meloni’s Cabinet advertises as a measure to enhance executive stability and streamline policy implementation for medium to long-term objectives. The real goal appears to be cementing the Prime Minister’s grip on power after general elections, as evidenced by the intention to enshrine the majority bonus in the Constitution. Yet, from a constitutional law perspective, the majority bonus raises a fundamental issue related to how the Italian Constitutional Court interprets the eternity clause in the Constitution. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b960f595ca4b4c63aef165158253b4222023-11-16T05:09:52ZdeuMax Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbHVerfassungsblog2366-70442023-11-012366-704410.59704/c1ada45370f9ce7bPaving the Way to Autocracy? - On the Meloni Government’s Attempt to Shift the Constitutional Architecture of ItalyStefano Civitarese MatteucciOn November 3, 2023, the Italian Council of Ministers approved a Bill to amend the Constitution, encapsulating what Giorgia Meloni’s Cabinet advertises as a measure to enhance executive stability and streamline policy implementation for medium to long-term objectives. The real goal appears to be cementing the Prime Minister’s grip on power after general elections, as evidenced by the intention to enshrine the majority bonus in the Constitution. Yet, from a constitutional law perspective, the majority bonus raises a fundamental issue related to how the Italian Constitutional Court interprets the eternity clause in the Constitution.https://verfassungsblog.de/paving-the-way-to-autocracy/Constitutional ReformParliamentarism |
| spellingShingle | Stefano Civitarese Matteucci Paving the Way to Autocracy? - On the Meloni Government’s Attempt to Shift the Constitutional Architecture of Italy Verfassungsblog Constitutional Reform Parliamentarism |
| title | Paving the Way to Autocracy? - On the Meloni Government’s Attempt to Shift the Constitutional Architecture of Italy |
| title_full | Paving the Way to Autocracy? - On the Meloni Government’s Attempt to Shift the Constitutional Architecture of Italy |
| title_fullStr | Paving the Way to Autocracy? - On the Meloni Government’s Attempt to Shift the Constitutional Architecture of Italy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Paving the Way to Autocracy? - On the Meloni Government’s Attempt to Shift the Constitutional Architecture of Italy |
| title_short | Paving the Way to Autocracy? - On the Meloni Government’s Attempt to Shift the Constitutional Architecture of Italy |
| title_sort | paving the way to autocracy on the meloni government s attempt to shift the constitutional architecture of italy |
| topic | Constitutional Reform Parliamentarism |
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