Parodi says ANM will meet Meloni 'without giving ground'

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 9 - Cesare Parodi, newly elected head of Italian magistrates union ANM, said Sunday they would meet Premier Giorgia Meloni over a judicial reform they are opposing without giving any ground to the government.
    Paroi, representative of a rightwing faction in Italy's politicised judiciary, said the as yet unscheduled meeting with the rightwing premier would be chance for "explaining what our arguments are yet again with clarity, firmness, lucidity and without giving any ground. " One of Parodi's first moves after his election Saturday was to confirm an ANM strike February 27 against Justice Minister Carlo Nordio's planned reform of the Italian judiciary to separate the career paths of judges and prosecutor so they can no longer switch between them.
    Nordio says the reform, which requires Constitutional changes and will therefore require a popular referendum after it is approved by parliament, will boost the impartiality of magistrates.
    He denied the ANM's claim it is aimed at putting prosecutors under government control. (ANSA).