Unions should have say in Constitutional reforms-Meloni

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 30 - Premier Giorgia Meloni told Italian trade unions on Tuesday that she wants them and the nation's business associations, who together make up the so-called social partners, to have a say in the government's plans to change the Constitution to revamp Italy's institutions.
    "I'd like to hear your opinion on the Constitutional reform," Meloni said, according to sources.
    "The social partners certainly must be involved in the dialogue about a subject that regards everyone".
    The government has started consultations, including with opposition parties, in possible changes to the Constitution to make Italian governments' more stable and effective.
    Options include the direct election of the president as head of government by the people; a French style semi-presidentialism where the head of state is the head of government but picks a premier to carry out their programme; and the direct election of the premier by the Italian people.
    "At the end of the talks that we are holding, we will make our proposal," Meloni said, according to the sources. (ANSA).