The President of the Italian Republic

The President of the Italian Republic is the

• Head of State

• Head of Government

• President of the Constitutional Court

• Head of Parliament

The President of the Republic chairs

• the Constitutional Court

• the State Council

• the National Council for Economy and Labour (CNEL)

• the Supreme Council of Magistrature (CSM)

The President of the Republic is

• an indipendent institution

• a monocratic institution

• a guarante institution

• all answers are correct

During the white semester can the President of the Republic dissolve Parliament?

• Yes, he can

• Only if the Government obliges him to do that

• Only if the white semester coincides with the last six months of the legislature

• No, he cannot, because he could dissolve it in order to have a new Parliament more in favour of his re-election

The President of the Republic must be

• Italian citizen iure sanguinis

• Italian citizen since its birth (iure sanguinis or iure soli)

• Italian citizen

• Citizen of the European Union

To elect the President of the Republic which majority is always necessary?

• Simple majority

• Qualified majority

• Relative majority

• an enlarged majority

Which is the only President who has been re-elected?

• Giorgio Napolitano

• Sergio Mattarella

• Luigi Einaudi

• Sandro Pertini

Who countersigns the acts of the President of the Republic?

• the President of the Council of Ministers

• the Council of Ministers

• the competent minister ratione materiae

• the competent minister ratione materiae or the President of the Council of Ministers

The effect of the countersignature is that

• only the Minister will have to reimburse damages suffered by a citizen or by the public administration because of the act

• only the President of the Republic will have to reimburse damages suffered by a citizen or by the public administration because of the act

• the Minister will not be asked to reimburse damages suffered by a citizen or by the public administration because of the act

• the President of the Republic will have to reimburse damages suffered by a citizen or by the public administration because of the act only at the end of his mandate

Can the Presiden of the Republic refuse to sign a law decree?

• Yes, whenever he wants

• No, never

• Yes, with a motivated message

• Yes, he usually does with a motivated and reserved message