Justice reform gets final approval from the Senate: 112 votes in favor. Meloni calls it a "historic milestone."

Today, October 30th, The Senate has approved the constitutional bill introducing the separation of careers in the judiciary with 112 votes in favor, 59 against and 9 abstentionsThis is the fourth and final parliamentary step, as required by the Constitution.

Before the vote, Senate President Ignazio La Russa ordered the verification of the quorum.. At the end of the vote, Applause rose from the center-right benches, while the senators of the Pd, M5s and Avs have protested by showing signs with the writing “No to full powers”.

The premier Giorgia Meloni hailed the approval as a historic achievement. “Today, with the approval in fourth and final reading of the constitutional reform of justice, we are taking an important step towards a more efficient, balanced and citizen-friendly system", wrote on X. “A historic milestone and a concrete commitment to Italians.”

The reform, already approved by the Chamber, redraws the structure of the Italian judiciary, introducing the separation of careers between judges and prosecutors, the birth of two separate Superior Councils of the Judiciary and of a new one High Disciplinary Court.

As the text did not obtain two-thirds of the votes in favour in Parliament, will be subjected to confirmatory referendum, expected, according to government estimates, for the spring 2026.

In the debate in the Chamber There were moments of tension. The Senator Roberto Scarpinato (M5s) He declared his group's vote against, stating that "there are Italians, even right-wingers, who don't buy the fact that Berlusconi, Dell'Utri, Cosentino, D'Alì, and Formigoni were victims of magistrates' persecution." His words sparked protests from Forza Italia benches and calls from President La Russa.

The M5S leader also made a harsh comment. Giuseppe Conte, which he spoke of “a plan to undermine the Constitution” for “to cut the nails of the judiciary”. “They want full powers and we will oppose them in every way”, he declared before the Senate.

The position of Matteo Renzi, which he announced Italia Viva's abstention. “We have always been in favor of career separation,” he said, “but today the mountain has given birth to a mouse. It's a little reform".

From the center-right, the senator Licia Ronzulli (Forza Italia) spoke of “historic day” for the country. “We have been fighting for over thirty years, but we finally made it. Today we separate careers and unite Italy in trust towards the judicial system", he declared, defining the reform “the realization of Silvio Berlusconi’s dream.”

Criticism also came from the National Association of Magistrates. The secretary Rocco Maruotti, in a note, stressed that "The Court of Auditors is being attacked for having carried out the function attributed to it by law to protect public resources", adding that “This intolerance towards legality controls is a worrying sign.”