Democratic Party (PD) leader Nicola
Zingaretti said Tuesday that the government must move up a gear
after Monday's results from a round of regional elections and a
referendum in which the public approved a cut in the number of
Italian lawmakers were seen as strengthening Premier Giuseppe
Conte's executive.
"We think that a new phase should be opened, oriented towards
getting things done and concreteness," Zingaretti told a press
conference.
"A new government agenda must be launched".
He said, for example, that former interior minister and League
leader Matteo Salvini's controversial
migrant and security decrees,which feature huge fines for NGO
ships defying entry bans, should be overhauled at the earliest
cabinet meeting possible.
The Italian public has approved a cut in the number of
parliamentarians in referendum staged on Sunday and Monday while
a round of regional elections ended in in a tie, with the centre
left and the opposition centre right .wining three each.
In the referendum, people were asked whether to approve a law
that amends the Italian Constitution to reduce the number of MPs
in parliament, from 630 to 400 in the Chamber of Deputies and
from 315 to 200 in the Senate.
The yes vote prevailed with 69.64%, compared to 30.36% for the
no vote.
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