Wednesday, July 29, 2015

New Italian Opposition Group Pledges Support for Renzi Reform


Reuters, 29/07 17:36 CET

ROME (Reuters) – A new Italian opposition splinter group said at its debut on Wednesday that it would back Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s plan to make Italy more politically stable by changing the constitution to streamline the lawmaking process.

Denis Verdini said he was leaving former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right Forza Italia party to form a group of 10 senators that could give Renzi support on the legislation that is due to be voted in parliament in the autumn.

The law, a major plank of Renzi’s reform platform, would strip regional governments of some powers they now hold and make the Senate an unelected body whose support would no longer be needed to seat a government.

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Source: Euronews

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