How does italy's government system run?

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How does italy's government system run?

Answer 1

In 1948 the Constitution of Italy has established a bicameral legislature (parliament), an executive branch composed of a Council of Ministers (cabinet), headed by the President of the Council (prime minister), and a separate judiciary branch. The government depends  from each branch of the parliament, and has in turn the power to make decrees in case of urgency. Decrees have to be confirmed in the parliament, and "decree jam" has been a problem in recent years, as governments try to reform the structure of the state using chiefly decrees instead of passing laws directly through the parliament.

The President of Italian Republic is currently Giorgio Napolitano  elected on May 10, 2006. (Carlo Azeglio Ciampi is the former President...).The President of the Republic represents the unity of the nation and has many of the duties previously given to the king of Italy. The president serves as a sort of point of connection between the three branches of power: he is elected by the lawmakers, he appoints the executive, and is the president of the judiciary. The president is also the commander in chief of armed forces.

The President of the Republic is elected by an electoral college consisting of both houses of Parliament and 58 regional representatives for a seven-year term. Its election needs a wide majority that is progressively reduced from two-thirds to one-half plus one of the votes as the ballots progress. The only Presidents ever to be elected on the first ballot are Francesco Cossiga and Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. While it is not forbidden by law, no president has ever served two terms.

Usually, the President tries to stay out of the political debate, and to be an institutional guarantee for all those involved in the political process. The President can also reject openly anti-constitutional laws by refusing to sign them, since he acts as the guardian of the Constitution of Italy.

The President of the Republic appoints the President of the Council of Ministers (the prime minister), who then proposes the individual ministers of the respective minstries who together form the Council of Ministers (the cabinet), which in turn must receive a vote of confidence from both parliamentary chambers. The prime minister, through the cabinet, effectively runs the government of Italy. The current Prime Minister is Romano Prodi who recently had resigned but then immediately reconfirmed by the vote of confidence of the 2 Chambers.



Italy elects, on the national level, a Parliament consisting of two houses, the Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei Deputati) (630 members) and the Senate of the Republic (Senato della Repubblica) (315 elected members, plus a few senators for life).

Both houses are elected for a maximum of five years, but both may be dissolved before the expiration of their normal term. Legislative bills may originate in either house and must be passed by a majority in both.

Answer 2

Italy’s government type is a republic. Their Constitution was made on January 1, 1948. Their actual day of independence is on the 17th of March 1861. This is when they proclaimed their independence but Italy wasn’t actually united until 1870. Their legal system is based on civil laws. Their chief of state is President Carlo Azeglio. They have an executive branch, legislative branch as wells as a judicial branch. Their legislative branch is much like ours, it is bicameral. There form of government is very much like the United States.

Answer 3

It doesn't run; it crawls.