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Italian Senate Halts Session Ahead of Security Decree Confidence Vote

The decree's tougher penalties for road occupations have triggered a protest sit-in that halted Senate debate.

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Overview

  • Government invoked a confidence vote in the Senate on the ‘Decreto Sicurezza’ after it passed the Chamber of Deputies on May 29.
  • Opposition parties submitted 933 amendments to the decree, none of which will be examined under the confidence procedure.
  • Senators from the Partito Democratico, M5S and Avs staged a sit-in at the centre of Palazzo Madama to denounce the measure as anti-democratic.
  • Senate President Ignazio La Russa suspended proceedings after the protest, with a final vote on the decree scheduled for today at noon.
  • Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi defended the measure as necessary for public order and not a curtailment of freedom of assembly.