Rome, 6 Sept. (LaPresse) – “The League is pushing to see out the parliamentary term. I, on the other hand, believe it’s not unthinkable to hold an election in the spring, in May, because if we were to vote in autumn 2027, drawing up the budget would be complicated.” So said Luca Ciriani, Minister for Relations with Parliament, in an interview with Il Mattino di Padova. “It would not be a provocation to hold an election earlier and allow whoever wins to prepare the budget bill properly; on the other hand, holding an election in September would mean drawing up candidate lists and running the election campaign in August,” he added. “It might be a common-sense solution to reach an agreement with the opposition as well to hold the election a few months earlier.” We could proceed, he adds, “having agreed a shared and orderly process with the President of the Republic. Either alongside the local elections or separately.” As for the electoral law: “I believe the sticking point for the governing majority is the recently approved amendment on preferential votes; I do not think the run-off will be included. The bill will go before the Senate on 9 September and, in theory, should be voted on by 15 September. It must then return to the Chamber of Deputies, where it should be approved by October before the budget session begins.”
Ciriani: “It’s not unthinkable to hold an election in May”
Rome, 6 Sept. (LaPresse) – “The League is pushing to see out the parliamentary term. I, on the other hand, believe it’s not unthinkable to hold an election in the spring, in May, because if we were to vote in autumn 2027, drawing up the budget would be complicated.” So said Luca Ciriani, Minister for Relations with Parliament, in an interview with Il Mattino di Padova. “It would not be a provocation to hold an election earlier and allow whoever wins to prepare the budget bill properly; on the other hand, holding an election in September would mean drawing up candidate lists and running the election campaign in August,” he added. “It might be a common-sense solution to reach an agreement with the opposition as well to hold the election a few months earlier.” We could proceed, he adds, “having agreed a shared and orderly process with the President of the Republic. Either alongside the local elections or separately.” As for the electoral law: “I believe the sticking point for the governing majority is the recently approved amendment on preferential votes; I do not think the run-off will be included. The bill will go before the Senate on 9 September and, in theory, should be voted on by 15 September. It must then return to the Chamber of Deputies, where it should be approved by October before the budget session begins.”