Overview
- Minister Roberto Calderoli, acting with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s authorization, signed pre-intese in Venice and Milan with governors Luca Zaia and Attilio Fontana.
- The agreements target four limited areas: civil protection, regulation of professions, complementary and supplementary pensions, and coordination of public finance in health.
- Signatures for Liguria and Piedmont are scheduled next, after which the texts require cabinet approval, a 60-day review by the Conference of Regions and Parliament, and final parliamentary votes.
- The Constitutional Court’s 2024 ruling obliges the state to define essential service levels before any devolution that affects civil or social rights, a constraint that could reshape or delay parts of the plan.
- Calderoli linked the timetable to a March 2026 PNRR milestone and warned of risking a €32.6 billion tranche, as coalition partners and southern governors urge caution, particularly on health.