Italy
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary republic
- CONSTITUTION
- January 1, 1948; amended several times
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on civil law; the Constitutional Court can review certain legislative texts
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Chamber of Deputies and Senate
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Constitutional Court (15 judges, one third appointed by the Head of State, one third elected by Parliament, one third by the judiciary)
RELIGIONS
90% Catholics, 10% others
From the country
- JUNE 26, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. EUROPEAN COUNCIL SUPPORTS MORATORIUM
the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, meeting
JUNE 18, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALY HAILS EU DECISION ON DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM
Breaking the hesitations and faltering of the past, the Council of EU Foreign Ministers
JUNE 18, 2007MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MOROCCO FOR MURDER OF EU DIPLOMAT
a Moroccan appeals court upheld the death sentence of a 25 year old man convicted of murdering an Italian
JUNE 18, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY. INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT DEFEATED
Marco Pannella, Sergio D'Elia, Lucio Bertè, Valter Vecellio, Claudia Sterzi, Guido Biancardi, Michele Rana, all on a indefinite hunger strike since April 16, issued the following statement. "If the news from Luxembourg on the outcome of the EU Council of
JUNE 15, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY. EXTRAORDINARY PARTICIPATION FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
52 Nobel Prizes have already joined the Transnational Radical Party and Hand
JUNE 14, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY. FOREIGN AFFAIR COMMITEE URGES GOVERNMENT TO PROCEED
today the committee on Foreign Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies unanimously approved a resolution
- JUNE 11, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MORATORIUM. RADICAL PARTY: PLEA TO PRODI TO PRESENT RESOLUTION NOW
During a press conference held at the Radical Party, party leader, Marco Pannella, said: “we continue our non violent action. I urge the Prime Minister, Romano Prodi, along with the group of countries from all continents that have already showed their par
MAY 30, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYMORATORIUM. D'ALEMA SAYS TEXT FOR RESOLUTION IS READY
"I would like to reassure Mr Pannella and the public that we are working: we have prepared the text for the resolution and sent it to the German EU presidency. We are contacting all countries we think may become co-sponsors of this initiative." This is wh
MAY 28, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY. MARCO PANNELLA'S HUNGER STRIKE TO BECOME HUNGER AND THIRST STRIKE FROM WEDNESDAY MAY 30
Marco Pannella, Sergio D'Elia and the seven other top radical figures and activists committed to an indefinite hunger strike since April 16 have once again addressed Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi and the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Massimo D
MAY 24, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYHands Off Cain announced that Mali has signed the Declaration and is ready to
Hands Off Cain announced that Mali has signed the Declaration and is ready to
MAY 24, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYMORATORIUM/EU. PANNELLA WARNS GERMAN PRESIDENCY: EU COUNCIL'S BUREAUCRACY IS TRYING TO SABOTAGE YOU OVER THE MORATORIUM, JUST LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. A REFORM FOR PUBLIC COUNCIL INSTITUTIONAL DEBATES IS URGENT
the Radical Euro MP Marco Pannella, still on his indefinite hunger strike along with the other Radical top members, submitted the following question to the EU Council: "The bureaucratic structure of the Council is such that it has managed to create a
MAY 14, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYMORATORIUM: ITALY AND GERMANY IN CHARGE OF WRITING RESOLUTION
at the end of the Meeting of EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs, the Italian Vice Premier Massimo D'Alema announced that the EU ministers have unanimously given Italy and the German presidency the task to prepare the text for the resolution on the moratorium