I più recenti sviluppi costituzionali del ciclo di bilancio

The A. answer to a series of questions by the Director of the "Gruppo di Pisa" Journal. The questions concern the parliamentary procedure followed to enact the State Budget Law for the year 2023 (law No 197/2022). The A. debates over: the possibility to prove the evident violation of parliamentary privileges in the procedure followed by the two chambers of the Italian parliament (Const. court. orders Nos. 17/2019 and 60/2020); the impact of Next Generation EU and of NPRR over the National Budgetary procedures; the role played by the Budget Parliamentary Office (UPB) and by the State General Accounting Office in parliamentary procedures concerning the State Budget Law for the year 202

Is There a Populist Turn in the Italian Parliament? Continuity and Discontinuity in the Non-Legislative Procedures

This chapter provides a critical analysis of whether and how the populist turn of Italian politics has affected the performance of the non-legislative functions of the Parliament. In particular, after a brief review of how populist forces can influence the status of members of Parliament, the chapter deals with the expressive-informing functions of the Parliament, linked to the transparency and publicity of its activity and to the ability to act as a representative institution. It then explores the impact of populist forces on the parliamentary function of scrutiny and oversight, in particular on whether this has been exercised in continuity with the past, of a Parliament not very keen to fully exploit its tools and of governments inclined to escape parliamentary control