The Senate on Monday approved a
majority resolution after Premier Matteo Renzi reported to
parliament on the Brexit.
The motion gives the government a mandate to activate
Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty after a majority of Britons
voted to withdraw from the European Union last week.
The motion confirmed "Italy's commitment to the EU" and
called on government to "change Europe by contributing to making
it more humane, more just, closer to citizens, more cohesive,
and strongly rooted in the principles of subsidiarity and
proportionality".
As well, the motion tasks government with telling the EU
that banking union must go hand in hand with a common bank
deposit guarantee and "parallel measures to reduce and share
bank risks".
The Senate also requested "a great conference to field
proposals for a new European governance....to overcome Europe's
current situation of stall and weakness, which was aggravated by
the (Brexit) referendum".
Further, the motion called on government to continue
pushing for a European migration compact to aid African
countries of migration origin and transit.
The motion passed with 151 in favor, 73 against and six
abstaining.
Senators further approved three separate resolutions by the
opposition rightwing anti-EU Northern League, Silvio
Berlusconi's opposition center-right Forza Italia, and the ALA
group of former Berlusconi aide Denis Verdini, whose
centre-right caucus provided the swing vote that got center-left
Premier Matteo Renzi's landmark civil unions law approved last
month.
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