(ANSA) - Rome, June 11 - The Lower House on Wednesday approved an amendment to a bill incorporating a European regulation into Italian law that, if it wins final approval, will make it possible to prosecute magistrates in civil courts for bad decisions made carrying out their duties. Premier Matteo Renzi's centre-left Democratic Party (PD) said the controversial measure will be stripped from the bill when it goes to the Senate.
Ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi, who has been at the centre of dozens of criminal cases and is currently doing a year of community service for a tax-fraud conviction, has frequently called for it be possible to sue magistrates for their decisions.
The amendment was not proposed by Berlusconi's opposition centre-right Forza Italia (FI) party, but by his allies in the Northern League.
House approves civil responsibility for magistrates
Renzi's PD says measure will be overturned