On the afternoon of 28 July 2026 the Italian Senate (19th legislature) formally opened general debate on Decree-Law 100/2026, the government’s omnibus measure that bundles urgent justice reforms with the first domestic transposition steps of the EU ‘Migration and Asylum Pact’ adopted in May 2024. The bill, printed as DDL 1939, must be converted into law by 12 August or it will lapse, placing the government under intense time pressure. Some 580 amendments have already been tabled, forcing the upper chamber to extend sitting hours through the weekend. For global-mobility managers the migration chapters (Title II) are the most consequential. They introduce fast-track border procedures for applicants from countries with low asylum-recognition rates, extend the maximum period of detention in dedicated ‘CPR’ repatriation centres from 135 to 240 days, and delegate the executive to issue a consolidated digital case-management platform shared by police, prefectures and courts. The platform is intended to align with the EU’s new screening and Eurodac regulations, reducing document duplication for transferees between Italy and other Schengen states. Corporate immigration advisers should note two positive changes that survived committee scrutiny: • A new article 32-bis allowing employers that hold A1 social-security certificates to post non-EU staff for up to 90 days per semester without counting against regional quotas, provided the workers carry EU Blue Cards or comparable Italian ICT permits; • An amendment that shortens from 60 to 30 days the deadline for prefectures to validate work authorisations issued abroad under art. 27-quinquies (highly-skilled intra-company transferees). The opposition, led by the Democratic Party and the Five-Star Movement, argues that the text sacrifices guarantees for vulnerable applicants in exchange for administrative speed. NGOs warn that the longer detention ceiling could strain already over-crowded CPRs in Trapani, Bari and Milan, raising compliance risks under EU reception-conditions rules. Business federations instead welcome the posting and ICT streamlining, saying it will help multinationals meet tight project deadlines linked to Italy’s National Recovery Plan (PNRR). Next steps: rapporteurs will reply to the floor debate on 29 July, followed by the cloture vote expected on 31 July. The decree then moves to the Chamber of Deputies where only technical changes are likely, given the conversion deadline. Mobility stakeholders should monitor the final text because last-minute amendments could still alter quota-exemption language or add new documentary requirements for posted workers.
