I'm pretty sure the "conservatives" are in charge in Italy.
But laws such as this are generally initiated by the left and conservatives tend to go along with what they view as a social issue with popular support.
That's what I was thinking, that conservatives were in charge.
I'm a smoker, and I realize it's a health issue, but in the future the only place we'll be able to smoke is out on the ledge of the building, 10 stories up.