Giuseppe Brescia, the president of
the Lower House's Constitutional Affairs committee, on Thursday
said he has presented a bill that would introduce a new election
system in Italy.
The proposal is inspired by the German election system and
has beeb nicknamed the 'Germanicum' as a result.
It is based on proportional representation, with the
first-past-the-post quota of the current system axed.
It would feature a 5% threshold for parties to have
representatives in parliament, but there would also be a
mechanism that would enable groups that do no reach that mark at
the national level to win seats if they do well in several
regions.
"It is a basic text to spark a parliamentary debate from some
clear points," said Brescia.
Eight regions administered by the centre right, on the other
hand, have filed a petition for a referendum on scrapping the
proportional representation part of Italy's current election
law.
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