
The Council of Ministers meets to examine the 2027 budget plan and approve the definitive agreements on differentiated autonomy for Lombardy, Piedmont, Liguria and Veneto.
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The government discusses the implementation of Differentiated Autonomy pursuant to art. 116 of the Constitution.
At 7 pm the CDM at Palazzo Chigi. The Council of Ministers is called to examine the 2027 budget planning document, and an "illustration of the lines of the outline of the State budget forecast for the financial year 2027 and multi-annual budget for the three-year period 2027-2029" is also expected.
The government is preparing today to launch the bills with which the process for differentiated autonomy will be completed for the Regions that have requested it, Lombardy, Piedmont, Liguria and Veneto. On the agenda of the Council of Ministers there are in fact the definitive agreements with the four Regions, and indeed the bills for the attribution of further forms and particular conditions of autonomy, pursuant to article 116, third paragraph, of the Constitution. The bills will then have to be examined by Parliament.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Presentation of the bills on autonomy to Parliament.
Very likely · Within weeks

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