Meloni opens the debate on constitutional reform in Italy

Giorgia Meloni is feeling strong. Six months after coming to powerthe leader of the far-right Brothers of Italy (HdI) continues to top the polls without cracks opening in the conservative coalition that supports the Executive, so she thinks the time has come to respond to one of her most ambitious election promises: to reform the Constitution to improve governance in Italy.

With an average duration of 13 months among governments in recent decades, all sides agree in condemning the problem, although they differ on possible solutions. Meloni opened the Magna Carta update this Tuesday with a round of contacts with the parties held at the Chamber of Deputies in Rome.

Without revealing all her cards, the Prime Minister presented her plan to make way for a the happiness of semi-presidentialism which facilitates the exercise of power, thus complicating the political crises that ultimately cause the downfall of successive CEOs.

This constitutional reform could also be adapted direct election by the citizens of the President of the Republic, the end of bicameralism, perfect for speeding up parliamentary procedures and increasing regional autonomy. The opposition parties, with a few exceptions, are against semi-presidentialism because they fear that it could lead to abuse of power.

weigh in these fears the precedent of dictator and father of fascism Benito Mussolini, to the extent that Italy’s institutional structure was built after World War II with a delicate balance between different forces to prevent the emergence of a new leader. Meloni proposes the opening of a new era that will end the structural ungovernability created by the current system.

“talk about everything”

“The famous saying that everything must change in order for nothing to change is not acceptable”, said the head of the Executive Administration, warning that she is ready to “discuss everything”, but that she does not accept “attempts to delay”. With this, he made it clear that his pulse will not tremble if he has to use the parliamentary majority of the conservative coalition to carry out constitutional reform without counting on the opposition parties.

In any case, support for these changes could come from training Centrist third pole, who advocated abolishing perfect bicameralism and increasing the powers of the chief executive. A series of contacts with political forces led to first private meeting between Meloni and Elly Schleinthe new leader of the opposition after winning the primaries of the left-wing Democratic Party