Lombardy, Veneto and the economics of autonomy
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Millions of citizens in Lombardy
Millions of citizens in Lombardy and Veneto, two of Italy's wealthy northern regions, have voted to take more control over their own economic affairs, immigration and education systems.
Italy's twin referendums come on the back of the vote on Catalonia's secession from Spain.
According to officials, nearly 5.5 million people in the Lombardy and Veneto regions headed to the polls to have their say in the non-binding referendum.
The referendum was organised by the Northern League political party, which wants to cut the gap between taxes sent to Rome and the value of state services they get in return. Lombardy and Veneto account for 30 percent of Italy's GDP and many taxpayers there resent subsiding the relatively poor south of Italy.
More than 95 percent voted "yes" for greater autonomy in both regions, but unlike Catalonia, they are not asking for independence, yet.
An approval of the parliament will be now required to allow regional autonomy.
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Italy's twin referendums come on the back of the vote on Catalonia's secession from Spain.
According to officials, nearly 5.5 million people in the Lombardy and Veneto regions headed to the polls to have their say in the non-binding referendum.
The referendum was organised by the Northern League political party, which wants to cut the gap between taxes sent to Rome and the value of state services they get in return. Lombardy and Veneto account for 30 percent of Italy's GDP and many taxpayers there resent subsiding the relatively poor south of Italy.
More than 95 percent voted "yes" for greater autonomy in both regions, but unlike Catalonia, they are not asking for independence, yet.
An approval of the parliament will be now required to allow regional autonomy.
More from Counting the Cost on:
YouTube - http://aje.io/countingthecostYT
Website - http://aljazeera.com/countingthecost/
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