The italian challenge between federalism and subsidiarity

Federalising process affects both national and supranational relations between central Government and local institutions and among Member States and European Union. Under the pressure of the current European devolution of power, Italy has enacted a series of constitutional reforms that, since the early Nineties till the two constitutional laws of 1999 and 2001, have expanded and strengthened the legislative and administrative autonomy of Regions (and local governments). These reforms established a new division of legislative power between State and Regions, provide an opposite system respect to the previous constitutional provisions. Similarly to the relationship between European institutions and the Government of each Member State, Italy keeps on implementing the relations between the Central State and the territorial autonomies; at the same time, a common challenge (national and supranational) is represented by the concrete application of the principle of subsidiarity that requires a coherent allocation of administrative functions among different Government levels and implies an asymmetric organisation among them.