Autonomy or independence of the Veneto Region of Veneto nation ?

As is well known, regional autonomy passes through the recognition of the Italian parliament in constitution (something of which there is no trace in the new formulation), or through the government grant of differentiated autonomies but are subject to government control, a mechanism that will however be changed with the new constitution.

There is a conflict between the request for regional autonomy from the central government and the request of the Venetian nation to be recognized and to have the rights it deserves that we have operated with the presentation of the draft law in the region ? The dry answer is NO, Rather, there can be synergy.

In details. The referendum on regional autonomy (therefore of the regional body ) it can make the central government recognize the will of the Venetians to have autonomy as a territorial body, which, by the way, is already’ be regarded as established by the polls, both from the vote less than a year ago.

The path to autonomy, as mentioned, it is long and in fact passes through Rome and its tethers, and in any case, if successful, would not lead to the places reserved for the Venetians in the public administration, nor to the withholding of taxes for the expenses of TV channels and newspapers in the Venetian language, nor to bilingual road signs, nor to teaching in Venetian history and culture language schools, nor bilingualism in the courts, nor, very important thing for the league and for the Venetian usually the control and moderation of migration flows in the region.

In addition, the recognition of the existence of the Venetian nation as a minority of the state would open the doors to the meeting of the Venetians from various regions under a single administrative body as required by international law. All this cannot be achieved with regional autonomy, and even with the merger of regions, but only on the basis of the recognition of a minor nationality (in the numerical sense), ie “national minority” as it is called international law ratified by L.n.302 / 1997.

THE draft regional law che we have deposited will bring all this instead, and the Regional Council can’ discuss and approve in short time, a few months, and moreover, by statute, it is obliged to put it on the agenda because it was deposited by a series of local authorities.

Regional autonomy and independence of the Venetians as a lesser nation are two paths you can go together and help each other but are substantially different in the purposes and results and methods, no contrast in the path, They are like the two rods of a cross that can find the maximum force at their intersection.

I see it hard, however, for the Rome parliament to recognize autonomy, should cut salaries. While I don't think the Regional Council will say NO to the recognition of the Venetians as a nation with national minority rights, disavowing what was done with the resolutions of 1998, of the 2012 and the Statute.

For more, approved by the Regional Council on the nation's recognition, which it can only do with the current constitution, Zaia will be able to build on this identity and obtain recognition from the parliament as an autonomous region as the province of Bolzano is autonomous (quite different from what Trento is) , that is, it will be able to obtain more autonomy of government and of the territory precisely to respond to the needs of the nation “lower” veneta .

Unfortunately, however, there is the certainty that the autonomy of the region will come after the’ entry into force of the proposed new constitution by Woods and Renzi, In my opinion, illegal reform that in Article 117 will effectively cancel any autonomy of the regions, giving the central government the prevalence even on matters now reserved for the regions.

This will not be the case for the rights of the national minority, because once recognized they can never be canceled as they are linked to an international standard.

then, again, there is no conflict between the two paths, for sure one is a winner.