The Constitutional Court "does not risk being undermined by contingent political events, both due to the diversification of access channels, and in light of the large majority required for the election of judges of parliamentary extraction, and due to the ban on re-election. And this is unlike what foreseen for the composition of other European Courts, sometimes improperly compared to the Italian one".
The President of the Consulta Augusto Barbera underlines this in a passage of his Report, noting that "the constitutional provisions effectively ensure, alongside pluralism, the independence of the Court".
"In a constitutional system based on the separation of powers, rigorous respect for the decisions of the judiciary must correspond to the equally relevant respect for the decisions of the parliamentary seats, an expression of popular sovereignty".
With these words Barbera - who delivered his annual report today in the Palazzo della Consulta in the presence of the Head of State and the highest officials - addressed the topic of "the constitutional order and Parliament", stating, among other things, that the Court must respect the wide sphere of discretion of the legislator in the implementation of policies for which Parliament responds directly to the voters, and can only intervene to ensure compliance with the substantial limits set by the Constitution on what can be decided by parliamentary majorities.
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