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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/88e154a6e504dc3d https://verfassungsblog.de/prize-and-premiership/ Prize and Premiership Caterina, Edoardo eng 2023-11-28 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Constitutional Reform Italian Constitution Italien Verfassungsreform Italien Verfassungsreform Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Since the beginning of November, Italy has been discussing a constitutional reform that aims to radically change the Italian governmental system. The bill provides that the Prime Minister (more correctly: the President of the Council of Ministers) is elected by universal suffrage in a popular vote concurrent with the Chamber of Deputies and Senate elections. This move is often referred to in journalism as ‘Premiership’ (Premierato). n this post, I would like to focus less on the characteristics of the alleged ‘Premiership’ and more on the attempt to incorporate detailed electoral rules into the constitution. First, a brief history of the ‘majority prize’ will help the reader to better understand the context in which this reform was born. This will be followed by a critique of the proposal to enshrine the ‘majority prize’ in the constitution. I argue that, as currently drafted, the reform bill risks leading to an unconstitutional constitutional amendment.