Told and contradicted: differentiated autonomy amid controversy and agreements
The new law passed in Parliament, a workhorse of the League, is causing debate. The opposition immediately dubbed it the Spacca Italia
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Key points
- Meloni, with Autonomy no more welfarism in the South
- Schlein, with autonomy the right wants to leave South behind
- Conte, Meloni divide Italy into A, B and C series
- Mule, stakes to prevent autonomy from being an own goal
- Salvini: an Italy with less waste and more services
- Fratoianni, a referendum to repeal this rubbish
- Renzi, a glaring error: it doesn't serve the North and hurts the South
- Calenda: will make Italy less efficient and more expensive for businesses
- Magi, will create imbalance between regions
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The differentiated autonomy law, which has become state law, has been the League's workhorse for years. The oppositions immediately dubbed it the Spacca Italia, accusing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of having accepted a swap with the Carroccio for the green light to the premierate. Forza Italia was more cautious, with PD secretary Elly Schlein on the attack. All the opposition leaders are promising a referendum, from Matteo Renzi, leader of Italia viva, to Nicola Fratoianni's Green Left Alliance. On its side, Brussels rejects the law: "The devolution of further competences to the Italian regions entails risks for the country's cohesion and public finances," but also on the front of "inequalities between the regions," reads an EU Commission working document on Italy drafted in the framework of the recommendations on economic, social, employment, structural and budgetary policies. Here are the voices for and against the policy on differentiated autonomy.
Meloni, with Autonomy no more welfarism in the South
Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister, 19 June 2024.
"More autonomy, more cohesion and more subsidiarity, which are the cornerstones of the draft law on differentiated autonomy, i.e. the exact opposite of the logic of the past centred on purely welfare policies, especially in the south of Italy".
Schlein, with autonomy the right wants to leave the South behind
Elly Schlein, Pd secretary, 20 June
