Italys government compared to the

U.S

Taylor Trumbette
Types of government and Constitution

ITALY U.S
President; Sergio Mattarella President; Donald Trump
Electoral college
7 year term Electoral college
Any citizen that turns 50 the day
4 year term
of election can be elected
president
Natural born citizen , must be at
least 35 years old
Lawmaking body
ITALY U.S
Congress
Italy has an Italian
Parliament Bicameral
Bicameral legislature legislature
315 members in the
senato della repubblica 535 members
Italy's rights
1. Does not have freedom of speech

2. Does have freedom of religion

3. Their constitution does not recognize

a citizen's right to bear arms but
does not outlaw it
4. Citizens are protected from cruel and
unusual punishment
Political parties
Multi-party system

Liberal Democrats- middle class,

small business owners

Five Star Movement -

anti-establishment,
environmentalist, anti-globalist
Elections and Voting

Voting age is 18
All citizens registered as a resident in the local community
are legally entitled to vote
Primary elections
Taxes and Government Funding
Tax rates are progressive and range from 23 - 43%
If you're a foreign resident and working in italy you're only taxed
on the income earned in italy

57% of Italy's GDP is gathered by importing and exporting goods

1. 147.2 billion on the armed forces

2. Primary education was 24.73% GDP
3. $236 per year to cover their healthcare costs
per citizen
Crime rate , Prison population and
Punishment
Crime rate - 46%
U.S
Armed robbery 37.74%
Corruption and bribery 62.52% Maine with 132 per 100,000
Prison population- 80,000 Tennessee 608 per 100,000
Capital punishment has been banned 2.2 mill in 2013 were incarcerated
Still does the Death penalty
since 1889 , last execution was in Supreme court
1947 District courts
Court system - justice of peace Circuit courts
Tribunale
Court of appeal
Italy , U.S relations
The U.S has diplomatic representation in the nation of Italy
and its predecessor nation the Kingdom of Sardinia since
1840