(ANSA) - Rome, June 11 - The Lower House on Wednesday
approved an amendment to a bill incorporating a European
regulation into Italian law that, if it wins final approval,
will make it possible to prosecute magistrates in civil courts
for bad decisions made carrying out their duties.
Premier Matteo Renzi's centre-left Democratic Party (PD)
said the controversial measure will be stripped from the bill
when it goes to the Senate.
Ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi, who has been at the centre of
dozens of criminal cases and is currently doing a year of
community service for a tax-fraud conviction, has frequently
called for it be possible to sue magistrates for their
decisions.
The amendment was not proposed by Berlusconi's opposition
centre-right Forza Italia (FI) party, but by his allies in the
Northern League.
House approves civil responsibility for magistrates
Renzi's PD says measure will be overturned