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Yes to the crime of femicide, now punishable by life imprisonment
Unanimous approval in the Senate. Provision for the woman's refusal and aid for orphans
https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/politica/2025/07/23/si-al-reato-di-femminicidio-ora-la-pena-e-lergastolo_45f081fe-4f2b-4c22-89d9-07138a819c4b.html
Femicide enters the penal code as a separate crime.
It is defined more broadly (as an act of discrimination or hatred towards a person because she is a woman or as a consequence of her refusal to have or continue a romantic relationship) and is punishable by life imprisonment.
The Senate ratified the change by unanimously approving the bill: 161 present, 161 in favour and applause erupting in the chamber. President Ignazio La Russa, taking over the helm of the assembly, thanked the parliamentarians.
“I am extremely pleased,” he said, because “on important issues, the Senate knows how to express itself without distinction of affiliation”. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was also satisfied, because “Italy is among the first nations to take this path, which we are convinced can help combat an intolerable scourge”. . Now it is up to the Chamber of Deputies for final approval, hoping that the vote will be equally unanimous.
This was not an easy or obvious achievement at the beginning. The suspicion that the government's text confirmed the “panpenalism of the right” (copyright of the Dem, Filippo Sensi) was widespread among the opposition. And there was no shortage of skirmishes in the Justice Committee. Then the majority-opposition teamwork prevailed (difficult for everyone not to try, given the sensitivity of the issue and the high number of victims), ultimately securing some changes to the text.
(Translated by DeepL)