https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Italy’s lower house of parliament has approved a new electoral law, paving the way for a general election before May next year. https://www.thelocal.it/20171013/italy-moves-closer-to-elections-as-contested-electoral-law-gets-approved Fri, 13 Oct 2017 13:42:55 +0200 italy-moves-closer-to-elections-as-contested-electoral-law-gets-approved Those in charge of auditing Rome have said that the budget should not be approved as it does not “truthfully and correctly” reflect the municipality’s financial situation. https://www.thelocal.it/20171013/theres-an-election-in-italy-next-year-and-m5s-has-some-familiar-problems Fri, 13 Oct 2017 10:52:40 +0200 theres-an-election-in-italy-next-year-and-m5s-has-some-familiar-problems Italy took a major step towards approving a new electoral system on Wednesday, sparking protests and a countdown to knife-edge elections to be held in the first part of 2018. https://www.thelocal.it/20171012/italy-moves-closer-to-new-electoral-law-for-2018-vote Thu, 12 Oct 2017 09:59:42 +0200 italy-moves-closer-to-new-electoral-law-for-2018-vote Politicians from Italy’s insurgent Five Star Movement fervently protested on Tuesday night after the government called a vote of confidence on a new electoral law in a bid to force it through the lower house of parliament. https://www.thelocal.it/20171011/outrage-from-italys-populists-ahead-of-risky-vote-on-electoral-law Wed, 11 Oct 2017 12:12:49 +0200 outrage-from-italys-populists-ahead-of-risky-vote-on-electoral-law A controversial new electoral law will be put to a confidence vote in a bid to try and push it through the lower house of parliament. https://www.thelocal.it/20171010/italys-controversial-electoral-law-to-be-put-to-confidence-vote Tue, 10 Oct 2017 17:32:05 +0200 italys-controversial-electoral-law-to-be-put-to-confidence-vote Italy's Constitutional Court has ruled on the legitimacy of the country's electoral law, saying it would be "immediately applicable". https://www.thelocal.it/20170125/italys-constitutional-court-pass-electoral-law-ready-for-elections-immediately Wed, 25 Jan 2017 18:09:28 +0100 italys-constitutional-court-pass-electoral-law-ready-for-elections-immediately Italy will hold a hearing on its electoral law in late January, the Constitutional Court announced on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20161206/italy-to-hold-hearing-on-its-electoral-law-in-january Tue, 06 Dec 2016 18:14:05 +0100 italy-to-hold-hearing-on-its-electoral-law-in-january Beppe Grillo has clinched a meeting today for his Five Star Movement (M5S) with the prime minister's Democratic Party (PD), to negotiate a new electoral law. https://www.thelocal.it/20140717/grillo-wins-party-meeting-over-electoral-law Thu, 17 Jul 2014 13:56:00 +0200 grillo-wins-party-meeting-over-electoral-law Italian lawmakers on Wednesday backed the country's new electoral law, a welcome boost for new Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his reform agenda. https://www.thelocal.it/20140312/italian-politicians-back-electoral-law-overhaul Wed, 12 Mar 2014 13:36:00 +0100 italian-politicians-back-electoral-law-overhaul Italy's parliament on Monday night voted against introducing quotas for the number of female MPs, an amendment put forward as part of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's hotly-contested electoral reform. https://www.thelocal.it/20140311/italy-rejects-quotas-for-women-politicians Tue, 11 Mar 2014 15:40:00 +0100 italy-rejects-quotas-for-women-politicians This week Matteo Renzi, leader of the Democratic Party, proposed a new law to overhaul Italian elections. The Local spoke to two experts to find out the impact his plan is likely to have on the country's chaotic politics. https://www.thelocal.it/20140122/can-renzis-new-law-revamp-italian-politics Wed, 22 Jan 2014 12:32:00 +0100 can-renzis-new-law-revamp-italian-politics Italy's top court on Wednesday ruled that the country's electoral law, which has long been widely criticized across the political spectrum, is partially unconstitutional. https://www.thelocal.it/20131205/italys-electoral-law-ruled-part-unconstitutional Thu, 05 Dec 2013 10:16:21 +0100 italys-electoral-law-ruled-part-unconstitutional