A Senate study office dossier documents that the differentiated autonomy law creates disparities between regions and carries with it the risk of additional costs. The document, which has already been downgraded to a worthless draft published in error, was hastily disappeared, but remains on file. Same story for the 65,000 signatures against differentiated autonomy already collected by the Coordination for Constitutional Democracy, chaired by Massimo Villone. However, this is an issue destined to split the country, as shown by the survey conducted by Demopolis in the last 48 hours. First of all, it must be said that there are 20 million Italians, 40 percent, who do not know what is being talked about. Among those who are informed, on the other hand, the naysayers prevail, that is, those 43 percent convinced that with differentiated autonomy, resources would be taken away from less wealthy regions, increasing the gaps in service delivery. On the other hand, 38 percent are in favor, thinking that with reform, fiscal resources will be better managed. 44 percent of Italians believe that differentiated autonomy would have negative effects on the quality of public services in their region. More optimistic is declared by 41 percent. While 62 percent of those living in the North consider differentiated autonomy to be progress, positive judgments plummet to 35 percent in central Italy and 12 percent in southern regions and islands. Finally, the institute directed by Pietro Vento asked respondents what rating they give to public services in the region where they live. 46 percent promote them, 54 percent fail them. Positive ratings prevail in the North, 53 percent, but do not exceed 44 percent in the Central regions and 32 percent in the South and Islands. Autonomies, judging from these moods, already seem very differentiated, perhaps too much so.
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