Editing Impeachment (section)

=== Italy===

In Italy, according to Article 90 of the [[Constitution of Italy|Constitution]], the [[President of Italy]] can be impeached through a majority vote of the [[Italian Parliament|Parliament]] in joint session for high treason and for attempting to overthrow the Constitution. If impeached, the president of the Republic is then tried by the Constitutional Court integrated with sixteen citizens older than forty chosen by lot from a list compiled by the Parliament every nine years.

Italian press and political forces made use of the term "impeachment" for the attempt by some members of parliamentary opposition to initiate the procedure provided for in Article 90 against Presidents [[Francesco Cossiga]] (1991),<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/13/world/president-of-italy-is-making-political-waves.html| title=President of Italy is Making Political Waves| newspaper=The New York Times| date=1991-12-13| last1=Cowell| first1=Alan| access-date=5 June 2018| archive-date=8 March 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308150104/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/13/world/president-of-italy-is-making-political-waves.html| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-24 |title=Cossiga, il presidente silenzioso che si trasformò in picconatore |url=https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/cossiga-presidente-silenzioso-che-si-trasform-picconatore-2004720.html |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=ilGiornale.it |language=it |archive-date=25 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325195959/https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/cossiga-presidente-silenzioso-che-si-trasform-picconatore-2004720.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Giorgio Napolitano]] (2014)<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-politics/italy-parliament-rejects-bid-to-impeach-president-napolitano-idUSBREA1A0VH20140211| title=Italy parliament rejects bid to impeach President Napolitano| newspaper=Reuters| date=2014-02-11| access-date=5 June 2018| archive-date=8 March 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308140158/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-politics/italy-parliament-rejects-bid-to-impeach-president-napolitano-idUSBREA1A0VH20140211| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ellyatt |first=Holly |date=2014-01-31 |title=Italy's anti-establishment party bids to impeach president |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2014/01/31/italys-anti-establishment-party-bids-to-impeach-president.html |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> and [[Sergio Mattarella]] (2018).<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/28/world/europe/italy-sergio-mattarella-carlo-cottarelli.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/28/world/europe/italy-sergio-mattarella-carlo-cottarelli.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | title=Italian President's Loyalty to the Euro Creates Chaos| newspaper=The New York Times| date=2018-05-28| last1=Horowitz| first1=Jason}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-05-28 |title=Factbox – Impeachment of a President: How it works in Italy |url=https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/factbox-impeachment-president-works-italy-150203454.html |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=uk.movies.yahoo.com |language=en-GB |archive-date=25 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325195521/https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/factbox-impeachment-president-works-italy-150203454.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-05-28 |title=Italian president faces impeachment call |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/358399/italian-president-faces-impeachment-call |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=[[RNZ]] |language=en-nz |archive-date=25 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325195522/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/358399/italian-president-faces-impeachment-call |url-status=live }}</ref>