Autonomy, Alfieri (Pd): «Lep, subjects, role of Parliament, the Calderoli project must be rewritten»

More time for the definition of the Lep

Then there is the «macroscopic question of the Lep», continues Alfieri. “Starting from the need for them to be defined by law or legislative decree and not by a Dpcm and from the need for the Lep to be defined for all civil and social rights and not just for those subject to differentiation”. It is clear that such an accurate definition of the Lep would require more time than that established by Calderoli – i.e. by the end of the year in order to be able to collect the autonomy for the northern regions led by the Northern League, starting from Lombardy and Veneto, in time for the elections European elections of 2024 – as the essays have pointed out in their letter of resignation from the control room.

The role of Parliament to be strengthened

The amendments presented by the Democratic Party also ask for a greater role for Parliament in all phases of autonomy, and this is one of the points also shared by the Brothers of Italy and Forza Italia. «The role of the Parliament must be greater both in the ascending phase (resolution of the guidelines before the definition of the agreements), and in the phase of adoption of the outline of the preliminary agreement (binding opinion), and in the descending phase (amendability of the bill which transposes the agreement), and in the subsequent phase (possibility of revocation of the differentiated functions by the State)», remarked Alfieri.

The node of the materials to be transferred

And then there is the matter of the materials to be transferred. The Democratic Party has presented in these hours a constitutional framework law proposal to bring it back to jurisdiction exclusive of the State some crucial subjects for the development and economic planning such as production, transport and national distribution of energy, large transport and navigation networks and public finance coordination).

The covers

«The amendments to the Calderoli bill also exclude the possibility of proceeding with further attributions of forms of autonomy pursuant to article 116 of the Constitution in matters falling within the exclusive competence of the State which the Constitution envisages being able to differentiate (in particular the general rules on education and environmental protection) and in the following subjects of concurrent competence: foreign trade, occupational protection and safety, education, health, professions, supplementary pensions, civil ports and airports, communications regulation, regional credit ». Finally, last but not least, there is the area of ​​coverage also highlighted by the wise men who resigned: «It is necessary to guarantee coverage to the definition of all Lep and to the equalization fund, which must be not only vertical but also horizontal».

The doubts of Palazzo Chigi and FdI and Fi

All oppositions against with arguments that follow those of figures such as Amato and Bassanini. In addition to the perplexities of the social partners, of the administrators of the South and of the majority parties themselves. Can Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, leader of a deeply rooted party in the center and in the south, afford to leave the League the flag of autonomy to wave in the electoral campaign for next year’s European elections?