Italy Compared to the United

States

Angela Gilbert

Italy's leader compared to our leader

Title of Leader:

Name of Current Leader;

America; Barack Obama
Italy; Giorgio Napolitano

America; President

Italy; President

Elected or Appointed?

America; Elected

Italy; Elected

Length of Term;

America; 4 year term

Italy; 7 year term

Background/Qualifications Required;

America; Must be a natural born citizen

35 years old
14 years a resident within the united states

Italy: 50 or older
Elder statesman
Other office holders cannot become president

Italys lawmaking body vs our Congress

Name of Italys law making body: Parliamentary Republic

Structure: Bicameral Legislature

How many people? Senate: 326 seats

Chamber of deputies; 630 seats

Italys rights.

Do they have freedom of speech/press? Yes.

Do they have fredom of religion? Yes.

Do they have the right to bear arms?

who may own a gun.

No, there are strict laws on

Political Party System

Type of system?;

America: Two party system

Italy; Multi party system
Political parties; Names: Christian Democratic Party, Communist Party, Socialist

Party

Beliefs/symbols; Christian Democratic party focuses on Christian values, freedom of speech,

religious freedom and having strong traditional family values. Their symbol is a crossed shield. The
Communist party has strong beliefs in evolution, free enterprise, free market ideology and private
property. Their symbol is a red flag. The socialist part has strong beliefs in fascism and their symbol is a
circle with a rose.

Elections and voting

Requirements:

To be eligible to vote, a person must be at least 18

years old. They must not have been banned from voting in another EU state.

How often?;

Every 7 years

What types?;

general election

Taxes & Government finance

Income tax?;

How else do they make money?; imports/exports, etc.

yes they charge it, so do we.

Spending; military; italy spends around 34,501 where we spend around

711 billion just in the last year.
Education; America spends $550 billion on education a year, which is 17.1
percent of our budget . Italy spends 10.3 percent of its budget a year on
education.
Healthcare; America spends 19.3 percent of our budget on healthcare, Italy
spends 14.2 percent of its budgets on healthcare.

Law

America uses the death penalty, italy does not. In 2002, america had
2.02 million prisoners, italy only had 55,670 prisoners. You can be
sentenced to life in both countries. You can be put in jail in italy if
you are underage, in America minors are not usually jailed. For
justice system italy is Ranked 26th, America is Ranked 1st.

Works Cited
http://www.arcaini.com/ITALY/ItalyFacts/ItalyFactSheet.html
http://www.presidentsusa.net/qualifications.html
http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/it00000_.html
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Europe/Italy-POLITICAL-PARTIES.html
http://electionresources.org/it/
http://visualeconomics.creditloan.com/how-countries-spend-their-money/
http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Italy/United-States/Crime#2014