Cdm, ok to the constitutional bill granting super powers to Rome. Final go-ahead for tightening up on conduct grades
Roma Capitale is granted the power to legislate on local public transport, town planning and territorial government, commerce, handicrafts, tourism, local administrative police, enhancement of cultural heritage, social services and policies, and public housing. From the next school year, students will be admitted to the next class in secondary school if they have obtained a mark of more than six tenths in the final examination.
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The Council of Ministers approved the draft constitutional law for Roma Capitale. The green light was also given to two decree-laws, for the commissioning of Agenas and for the Terra dei Fuochi, and to the bill on swimming pool safety.
Conduct grade reform, final go-ahead from the Italian Cabinet
.From the next school year onwards, students will be admitted to the next class in secondary school if they have obtained a mark of more than six tenths in the final examination. A 6 in conduct will lead to suspension of the judgement for admission to the next class and the writing of an essay on active citizenship issues, linked to the reasons for the grade obtained. This is provided for in the regulations definitively approved by the Council of Ministers today. "It is a strong and clear signal: in the Italian school, respect for the individual and for institutions is essential," said Minister Giuseppe Valditara.
Meloni: reform gives Roma Capitale back its value
Rome Capital will have legislative power and financial autonomy. According to the draft bill, which arrived in the Cdm, Article 114 of the Constitution, the one that defines the structure of the Republic together with the State, Regions, Provinces, Metropolitan Cities and Municipalities, would be modified. "Today, the government approved a constitutional reform that includes Roma Capitale among the constituent entities of the Republic and gives it legislative powers on matters that affect the daily lives of Romans, such as urban planning, local public transport, trade, tourism, and the enhancement of cultural and environmental heritage. The reform also provides that a subsequent law will establish the new role that the municipalities will have to play in the future organisation of the city. Thanks to this reform, which is the result of work shared with the Lazio Region and the Campidoglio, we will finally be able to give Rome back the value it deserves and that history recognises". These were the words of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in a video after the CDM gave the green light to the constitutional bill.
Gualtieri: ddl Roma Capitale breakthrough, shared text
"The text launched by the government marks a turning point. With a strong will to relaunch a reform project that was otherwise in danger of stalling. The government's text itself is important", but also the "involvement and close interlocution with the mayor and Roma Capitale, in which we have fine-tuned" a text "that I therefore consider absolutely shared". This was said by the mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtieri, at the press point in the Campidoglio convened at the end of the CDM in which the Roma Capitale bill was approved. "I want to express great satisfaction for the approval and for this I want to thank President Meloni, Minister Casellati, and the entire executive for having approved such an important and long-awaited text," he added.
The hope is that the 'constitutional and ordinary law' for the reform of Roma Capitale 'will go hand in hand. And above all that this spirit of collaboration and sharing will continue during the legislative process'. Gualtieri explained that the text, if 'shared' with Roma Capitale, would have 'a large parliamentary majority' and this would lead to 'an approval, even within this legislature'. "The condition is a necessary condition, not just a desirable one," the mayor pointed out.
