Italy's center-left PD publishes eight-point government plan
Proposals include LGBT civil unions, new citizenship rules
20 March, 17:40
(ANSA) - Rome, March 20 - Italy's Democratic Party (PD),
which won a majority of seats in the lower house of Italy's
parliament but failed to secure a majority in the Senate during
last February's elections, on Wednesday published the details of
its eight-point program, including new citizenship rules and
civil unions for gays.The points, which PD leader Pier Luigi Bersani has said would serve as the basis for a PD-led government, include a law against gay-bashing, recognition of civil unions between gays along the German model and laws to protect women from violence.
The proposals, which also include calling for the granting of Italian citizenship to children born in Italy of foreign parents, are published on the PD's website, www.partitodemocratico.it.
Citizens are invited to comment and propose changes online.
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