Editorial – Les autonomies territoriales et les processus de décentralisation en Italie et en France : réflexions et perspectives après le Traité du Quirinal
Le numéro 1-2022 de la revue Italian Papers on Federalism se propose de mener une réflexion comparative sur les autonomies territoriales et les processus de décentralisation en Italie et en France, après la signature du Traité du Quirinal. Le numéro accueille les contributions de trois chercheurs italiens et de trois chercheurs transalpins, qui offrent de […]
Imprinting e riallineamento. Percorsi di reciprocità francoitaliana
Abstract: The Napoleonic imprinting establishes the multilevel system that France put in place in Italy. This homogeneity, though contested, is broken with the regions established by the Italian constitution of 1948. However, the process is realigned in practical terms starting in the 1970s: two different regionalizations, with party or functional propulsion. Thus, a slow process […]
La loi 3DS et la différenciation territoriale, de l’espoir à la déception
The so-called « 3DS » Law (Differentiation, Decentralization, Devolution, Simplification) passed by Parliament on February 21, 2022, was supposed to be part of a decentralization movement, notably by extending the right to local normative experimentation and by recognizing a real right to differentiation, i.e. the implementation of specific statutes for particular territories. However, the law […]
De l’expérimentation à la différenciation territoriale: l’expérience française
The notion of experimentation in French public law is quite recent. The law, expression of the general will, has in fact been considered for a long time as all-powerful. However, considering the necessary efficiency of the law has led to the gradual introduction of the possibility of experimenting with new legal provisions in order to […]
Les relations entre l’Administration centrale et les administrations territoriales en France à l’épreuve de la crise sanitaire
The Covid-19 health crisis has accentuated the already existing tensions around the division of powers between the State and the local authorities. If, theoretically, this division could appear clear in the texts, in practice, it turned out to be much more complex. Moreover, the pandemic arrived at a time when there were already debates on […]
Praticare la democrazia partecipativa in ottica decentrata: il divergente percorso di Francia e Italia
The essay examines how France and Italy have attempted to provide an answer to the disaffection with politics that has emerged in recent years with the increase in the rate of abstention in elections, exploring requests for participation from citizens in new ways. Moving from the state plan to regional decentralization, the paper intends to […]