La reforma de los Decretos-leyes en Italia y sus posibles lecciones en España

Abstract:Probably Italy is the country where the abuse of urgency legislation(decree-laws) is paramount. This situation is also known in Spain.Therefore the recent Italian constitutional reform offers a great interest,since it introduces a series of measures aimed at preventing this situation. Altogether, the Italian experience provides some provisionsthat could be positive in Spain, such as the presentation and discussionof a draft law on the validation of the decree-law, so far it pavesthe way to a more intensified parliamentary control, the obligationthat the decree-laws contain rules of immediate application and homogeneouscharacter and the prohibition to use this path to approve budget measures or international treaties.Resumen:Probablemente sea Italia el país donde más se ha abusado de la vía delos decretos-leyes. Esta situación también es conocida en España. Poreso la reforma constitucional italiana resulta de sumo interés, puesintroduce una serie de medidas destinadas a evitar esa situación. Enconjunto, la experiencia italiana ofrece a los españoles algunas disposicionesque podrían resultar positivas, como serían la presentación ytramitación de un proyecto de ley de convalidación, lo que abre pasoa un control parlamentario más acentuado, la obligación de que losdecretos-leyes contengan normas de inmediata aplicación y carácterhomogéneo y la prohibición de utilizar esta vía para aprobar medidaspresupuestarias y tratados internacionales.Abstract:Probably Italy is the country where the abuse of urgency legislation(decree-laws) is paramount. This situation is also known in Spain.Therefore the recent Italian constitutional reform offers a great interest,since it introduces a series of measures aimed at preventing this situation. Altogether, the Italian experience provides some provisionsthat could be positive in Spain, such as the presentation and discussionof a draft law on the validation of the decree-law, so far it pavesthe way to a more intensified parliamentary control, the obligationthat the decree-laws contain rules of immediate application and homogeneouscharacter and the prohibition to use this path to approve budget measures or international treaties