They have a relationship of mutual parity and they take part in the so-called "political process" (funzione politica), that is, they directly determine the goals to be pursued by the state.
According to this argument, the budgets of the President, Constitutional Court, and Parliament cannot be reduced without their consent.
A minority opinion, emphasising the treatment of the regional councils,[3] have questioned this argument.
Although the President, Constitutional Court and the Parliament have full autonomy in the administration of the resources assigned to them, according to the principle of autocrinia,[4] it is now firmly established that their administrative offices should be composed of employees recruited by public competition,[5] as set down by the constitutional law on public employment.
Legal provisions directly dealing with these administrations, governing the behaviour of public employees generally, remain rare.