Italian PM Meloni's government are looking to overhaul the Italian political system by introducing two major reforms, including the direct election of the prime minister and the devolution of power to Italy's regional authorities.
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00:00Giorgia Meloni called it the mother of all reforms.
00:05Her government has proposed constitutional changes to allow for the direct election of Italy's Prime Minister.
00:10Aiming to achieve government stability, strengthen the Prime Minister's role and ensure, as Meloni said, that Italians choose who leads the country.
00:18On Tuesday, the Italian Senate voted in favor of the reform,
00:23although more rounds of voting are expected to take place in the next few weeks.
00:28Alongside this, the Italian Parliament has started debating a proposed reform that would grant more autonomy to Italian regions,
00:37a proposal that has been put forward by Salvini's League party.
00:41But in a rare show of unity, opposition parties, in particular the Democratic Party and the Five Star Movement,
00:49have joined forces and have decided to take to the streets chanting, unity, unity.
00:56I appeal to all opposition parties, enough with the divisions, enough with the divisions, let's hold tight.
01:05Unity, unity, unity, unity.
01:14The Prime Minister is something really unproposable, it affects the balance of the Italian constitution.
01:23So we are, I personally am against it and I support the reasons that the left is bringing forward in Parliament.
01:31It is also important to give a signal to the government on the right and to show that there is a strong opposition.
01:37Autonomy worries because it creates more inequalities than those that are already present in the country.
01:43Especially for our generation, the youth generation.
01:47Electing a Prime Minister by a direct ballot is unusual in Europe.
01:51Any constitutional change requires a lengthy voting process with political forces likely engaging in daily battles.
01:57And it will take months before the reform can receive final approval.
02:01Giorgia Orlandi for Euronews in Rome.