 In fact, the partners do not even need to register the union at the same time.The text of the bill has been mainly composed by the legal staffs of two ministers of Prodi's cabinet, Barbara Pollastrini, Minister for Equal Opportunities and (at that time) member of the Democrats of the Left party (now member of the Democratic Party), and Rosy Bindi, Minister for Family and former Christian Democracy, at that time member of the Daisy, (now member of the Democratic Party), too.The examination of the law was stopped during the same cabinet.