Debt and deficit: the position under the Italian Constitution and its recent amendments

The constitutional law on the public budget: minimum procedural requirements, between Government and Parliament. – The budget and spending legislation, procedural and substantive limits under the previous version of Article 81 of the Constitution. – Primary legislation on the public budget: from the “Financial Law” to the “Stability Law”. – The financial session in Parliament. – From the “Stability Law” to the new budgetary law. – The reform of Article 81 and the new budgetary equilibrium. – The new budgetary law. – Difficulties in the justiciability of rules on the public budget and the Parliamentary Budgetary Office. – Financial coordination between the state and the local authorities.