The controversial measure approved by parliament last month will enable regions to request more power over how the tax revenues collected in their areas are spent.
Opposition parties say differentiated autonomy will worsen Italy’s north-south divide, by favouring wealthier regions in the north, and have launched a campaign for a referendum on abolishing the law.
“I don’t have any prejudices about differentiated autonomy,” Occhiuto, a member of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani’s centre-right Forza Italia, told SkyTg24.
“It was improved thanks to FI, but the law should have been more thoroughly examined,” he added, stressing he does not agree with opposition assertions that it will ‘split Italy’.
“There are matters, such as those not [relevant to essential levels of service], regarding which agreements [between regions and central government] might be made immediately.
“However, more reflection is needed on these issues to understand whether there could be negative repercussions for the southern regions.”
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