1. Alex LaBue Period 6 12 th Grade Graduation Project

2. Title Of Leader: President Current Prime Minister: Sergio Mattarella Elector or Appointed: Elected Length of Term: 7 years Required Qualifications: A full Italian citizen At least 50 years old Title Of Leader: President Current President: Barack Obama Elector or Appointed: Elected Length of Term: 4 Years Required Qualifications: At least 35 years old A natural born citizen A permanent resident for at least 14 years *No person may serve more than 2 terms *

3. Name of Lawmaking Body: Senate (Consitution Court) Structure: Bicameral Memebership: 315 Elected Members *6 Lifetime Members Name of Lawmaking Body: Congress Structure: Bicameral Memebership: 435 Members

4. Individual Rights: Bill of Rights Individual Rights: Constitution of Italy Comparison: The individual rights of the United States and Italy are closely related. The U.S. bill of rights outlines the basic freedoms of U.S. in 10 different amendments, while their closely relates with 12 individual rights offered to all Italian citizens.

5. Parties: Multi-Party Names: Christian Democratic Party Italian Communist Party Beliefs: Democratic Party- Extremely “centre left” (left center) in their beliefs Italian Communist Party- Fascist Beliefs Symbols: Perched Eagle “Partiotp Democratic Veltroni” Circle Parties: Two-Party Names: Democratic and Republican Parties Beliefs: Republican-Believes each person is responsible for his/her own place in society. Democrat-Believes government is responsible to care for all individuals. Symbols: Democrat-Donkey Republican Elephant

6. Voting Age/Requirements: Must be 25 years old and full Italian citizen Frequency: Every 7 years Type of Elections: Electoral System Voting Age/Requirements: Must be 18 years old, legal registered voter, and full U.S. citizen. *Some states offer laws against felons and other special cases Frequency: Every 4 years Type of Elections: Electoral System

7. Income Tax: Yes Sources of Revenue: Income Tax, Cooperate Tax, Property Tax, Social Security Contributions Spending: -Military- $ 16.57 Billion -Education- $171.24 Billion -Healthcare- $178.84 Billion *ALL MONEY IN U.S. DOLLAR AMOUNT Income Tax: Yes Sources of Revenue: Income Tax, Cooperate Tax, Excise Tax, Estate and Gift Tax Spending: -Military- $530 Billion -Education- $632 Billion -Healthcare- $2.8 Trillion Comparison: The spending of the U.S. is astonishingly higher than that of Italy’s. The U.S. GPD has to blame for this, as most of the percents of GPD for each part of the spending is comparable to that of Italy’s. Health is an exception as the U.S. uses a much higher percent of it’s GPD than Italy.

8. Crime Rates: 24.5% Prison Population: 59,830 Punishments: Fine, Imprisonment, Probation, Court System: Judiciary of Italy Death Penalty: No Crime Rates: 17% Prison Population: 2,266,800 Punishments: Fine, Imprisonment, Probation, Restitution, Death Penalty Court System: Federal Judicial System Death Penalty: Yes

9. The United States and Italy began domestic relations in 1861 after it became one state. The U.S. has strong relations with all of Europe, which includes Italy. They are NATO allies and the U.S. has multiple military bases in Italy. U.S. additionally homes about13,000 of their soldiers on these bases on Italian soil. Italy is a very active transatlantic partner to U.S. as both strive to meet democratic ideals and want cooperation in civil conflict.