(ANSA) - Rome, July 17 - Riccardo Molinari, the League's
Lower House whip, told Minister for the South Barbara Lezzi of
the 5-Star Movement (M5S) on Wednesday that "for the League,
without autonomy there's no government", referring to a reform
plan by the regions of Lombardy, Veneto and Emilia-Romagna to
obtain more autonomy.
Molinari said the League is calling for "respect for the vote
of the citizens of Lombardy and Veneto".
Senate Speaker Elisabetta Alberti Casellati and House Speaker
Roberto Fico met to discuss the possible parliamentary procedure
regarding the reform.
In a report on Wednesday, Italy's Audit Court said there
could be legal problems with the drive to have greater autonomy.
It said a 2009 law that brought in 'fiscal federalism' in
Italy "does not seem to allow subtraction from the mechanism of
interregional adjustment stipulated in the national law".
League says no govt without autonomy
Casellati and Fico also met on reform