Italy shrinks Congress: to save, 230 deputies and 115 senators have been eliminated

Opposition forces, such as the Matteo Salvini League, also supported the initiative, while the Left Group + Europe opposed.

With the new law, the representation of MPs will increase from one in 96 006 inhabitants to one in 151 210 inhabitants.

In the Senate, meanwhile, there will be one legislator every 302,420 inhabitants, instead of one out of 188,424 inhabitants as before.

According to the calculations of Five Stars, the new law will save about 100 million euros per year between the two Houses.

Andrea Colletti, one of the Five Star disciples, questioned the fact that the law "savings, efficiency and representativeness" without mentioning other options, such as "rethinking bicameralism" that prevail in the country.

The new group of former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, Viva Italy, voted in favor of the law but said it would promote a referendum to submit the law to the Italians, according to its bloc leader , Roberto Giachetti.

Right, the Brothers of Italy also emphasized the approval of the law "a decrease in the distance between citizens and palaces", according to its chef Giorgia Meloni. Rightist forces have also called for progress on "the direct vote of the president and the abolition of senators for life", which is currently five.

The approved standard came into force three years later. The then Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, had to resign from office after losing the referendum in which he proposed the abolition of the Senate in order to reduce the costs of politics and speed up the Italian parliamentary system .