The Golden Rule in Italy
On the 7th of September 2011, the Italian Lower House approved a constitutional reform introducing a balanced budget obligation to Article 81 of the Italian constitution. The rule will come into effect in 2014.
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“She stood breast high amid the corn,
Clasp’d by the golden light of morn,”
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