Tag: Angelo Solento

Italy shows that the pursuit of regional autonomy within a federal structure can backfire

Italy shows that the pursuit of regional autonomy within a federal structure can backfire

 Talk has been rife in recent months about discussion of some variant of United Kingdom federalism, particularly in the wake of the Government’s decision to attempt to introduce English Votes for English Laws. But how practical is federalism? Angelo Salento explains how the creation of a new kind of federal union went wrong in Italy. […]