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S8 Ep612: 6. Italian Judicial Reforms and Tourism in Mantua Guest: Lorenzo Fiori Summary: Lorenzo Fiori discusses an Italian constitutional referendum regarding judicial independence. He also provides a travel guide to historic Mantua, recommending its medieval arc

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 20 March 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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6. Italian Judicial Reforms and Tourism in Mantua Guest: Lorenzo Fiori Summary:Lorenzo Fiori discusses an Italian constitutional referendum regarding judicial independence. He also provides a travel guide to historic Mantua, recommending its medieval architecture, local artichoke pasta, and regional Amarone wine for visiting tourists. (6)
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I'm John Batchner.

0:17.0

Immediately to Italy, to Lombardi, to Lorenzo Fiore, my guide for the undiscovered parts of Italy.

0:26.5

Lorenzo and I have been reading for some years now over tourism.

0:31.1

As the weather improves, America, Britain, Europe, everybody heads to the beauty of Italy.

0:37.7

But parts of Italy can sag under the weight of the tourism

0:41.4

and damage to the artifacts and the ruins and the culture.

0:48.0

So Lorenzo has taken a project to take us to places that don't receive a great deal of tourism that are worthy.

0:56.5

We begin, however, with news of a referendum next Sunday for Italy about their magistrates and

1:03.1

their prosecutors. Lorenzo, what is the question being asked of the Italian people next Sunday?

1:08.5

Good day to you. Good day, John. Good day to all the

1:11.5

listener. It's a very complex question. And by the way, it's a constitutional question because it

1:17.4

affects the constitutional law. So the referendum is very important. It's about the separation

1:24.0

of the career between the prosecutor and the magistrate. So between those that

1:29.4

support the accused and those that should take the decision in the court. Right now, they are

1:37.5

all together. And this is, of course, something that showed in the recent times a lot of problem and criticalities, and very likely also

1:49.1

inefficiency and a lack of reputation of the class of magistrate right in Italy.

1:57.7

So this referendum is proposing to the Italian citizen to say yes or not to the separation

2:07.8

of the career, which means also another important element that is the nomination of the

2:16.6

members of the High Commission, which will be divided

2:21.2

and split in a commission for the prosecutor and the commission for the judge, no longer

2:27.0

elected by, let's say, a sort of association of group of magistrate that are, to certain

2:33.9

extent, to the political power,

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