Italy
Parliamentary republic
Italy leans hardest toward Democracy, Local and Dove.
The 12 axes, with receipts
Twenty regions, five with special statutes, and a 2024 law on differentiated autonomy.
Frequent abrogative referendums, and technocrat-led governments (Monti, Draghi) in crises.
Drug use is an administrative offence; 2025 security decrees toughened penalties for protest.
EU founding member whose current government is more sceptical of Brussels.
The constitution "repudiates war"; conscription suspended in 2005.
Restrictive migration policy under the current government; Italian is the national language with protected minorities.
Inheritance tax for close heirs is just 4% above a high allowance.
No statutory minimum wage (pay set by collective agreements); state steers strategic sectors.
Export manufacturer whose "golden power" lets the state veto foreign takeovers.
Secular state, but the Church is influential, with a concordat and crucifixes in classrooms.
Civil unions only (2016) and surrogacy made a "universal crime"; abortion legal but many doctors refuse.
Voters rejected nuclear power twice (1987, 2011); a return is now being debated.
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