00:00Giorgia Meloni called it the mother of all reforms.
00:05Her government has proposed constitutional changes to allow for the direct election of Italy's Prime Minister.
00:10Aiming to achieve government stability, strengthen the Prime Minister's role and ensure, as Meloni said, that Italians choose who leads the country.
00:18On Tuesday, the Italian Senate voted in favor of the reform,
00:23although more rounds of voting are expected to take place in the next few weeks.
00:28Alongside this, the Italian Parliament has started debating a proposed reform that would grant more autonomy to Italian regions,
00:37a proposal that has been put forward by Salvini's League party.
00:41But in a rare show of unity, opposition parties, in particular the Democratic Party and the Five Star Movement,
00:49have joined forces and have decided to take to the streets chanting, unity, unity.
00:56I appeal to all opposition parties, enough with the divisions, enough with the divisions, let's hold tight.
01:05Unity, unity, unity, unity.
01:14The Prime Minister is something really unproposable, it affects the balance of the Italian constitution.
01:23So we are, I personally am against it and I support the reasons that the left is bringing forward in Parliament.
01:31It is also important to give a signal to the government on the right and to show that there is a strong opposition.
01:37Autonomy worries because it creates more inequalities than those that are already present in the country.
01:43Especially for our generation, the youth generation.
01:47Electing a Prime Minister by a direct ballot is unusual in Europe.
01:51Any constitutional change requires a lengthy voting process with political forces likely engaging in daily battles.
01:57And it will take months before the reform can receive final approval.
02:01Giorgia Orlandi for Euronews in Rome.
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