Government of U.S.A.

& Italy
Matt Agosti
PART 1
Type Of Government/
Constitution
 Political Leaders
U.S. Italy

President Prime Minister

Donald Trump Paolo Gentiloni
Appointed
Elected No term length
Qualifications
4 Years
The Confidence of the
Qualifications Parliament of Italy

Natural Born Citizen

35 Years Old

14 Years a Resident
 Law Making Body
USA Italy
Congress Parliament
Bicameral Bicameral
Number of People In Congress Number of People In Parliament
100 Senate 630 Chamber of Deputies
435 House 315 in Senate of the Republic
535 Total 5 Senators for Life who are
Appointed
950 Total
 Top Four Important Rights
USA Italy
1. Freedom Of Religion 1. Freedom Of Religion
2. Freedom Of Speech 2. Freedom Of Speech
3. Right To Assembly 3. Right To Assembly
4. The Right To A Fair Trial 4. The Right To A Fair Trial
Part 2
Political Parties
 Political Parties
USA Italy
Democrat- Stood for the Common Free Democratic Party- Social
men Democracy

Republic- Stood for States Rights Five Star Movement- Economists

beliefs
Part 3
Elections & Voting
Elections and Voting
Italy has a voting age of 18, the same as the US. Italys Prime Minister is elected for a 7
Year term. Italy Holds a Primary election the same is the US. Italy has an election every
5 years where the US has an election every 2 years.
Part 4
Taxes & Government
Financing
 TAXES
USA Italy
Income Tax Income Tax
Spends $27.34 Billion on Military
Spends $601 Billion on Military Spends $25 Billion On Education
Spends $2.8 Trillion On Healthcare
Spends $620 Billion on Education

Spends $3.2 Trillion On Healthcare

Part 5
Law
 USA
Law Italy
Crime Rates
Crime Rates 2.23 Mil Total Crimes. 5 times less than US
Ranked 9th in Crime Rates
11.88 Mil Total Crimes. 5 times more than Italy Prison Population
Ranked 34th in the world with 55,381
Ranked 1st in Crime Rates
Prisoners

Prison Population Punishments

Ranked Highest in the world with 2,145,100
Prisoners
Punishments
Still use different forms of the Death Penalty.
Crimes that are not punishable by death, Fines to
Jail are used as the form of punishment
Death Penalty is Abolished in Italy.
Crimes Punishable by Fines to Jail
Court/ Judicial System
Series of courts and Judges whom are Civil
Servants.
Unified, all courts are apart of the national
system
Supreme Court of Appeal is the highest
court

Court/ Judicial System

Part 6
Relationship With The US
Relationship
Italy and the US have a strong, friendly relation with each other. Between 1941 & 1943,
The US and Italy were at war against each other. After WW2, Italy has since became a
strong ally. Italy now hosts strong US Military Forces (Air Force, Navy, & Army
Forces). In 1949, Italy became part of the NATO, (North Atlantic Treaty
Organization), which then became allies with the US.