Overview

• Fratelli d’Italia reversed its long-standing opposition to a third term for regional presidents, signaling readiness to amend the two-term limit.
• Matteo Salvini urged coalition partners to move swiftly on the change in time for autumn elections in Veneto, Campania, Toscana, Puglia and Marche.
• Lega leaders touted benefits for Luca Zaia in Veneto and Vincenzo De Luca in Campania while Forza Italia maintained reservations about lifting term limits.
• Debate continues over whether to embed the amendment in an existing parliamentary bill or to issue a separate decree-law.
• A near-unified recommendation from the Conferenza delle Regioni under Massimiliano Fedriga is expected by mid-June.