As we all know increasing the severity of punishments does wonders against crime.
It's why the United States has some of the lowest crime rates in the wor-... oh...
But seriously, this is performative regulation that does hardly anything to reduce femicide. Significantly increasing education budgets and youth services just doesn't get the same positive reaction from the general public.
See the women's rights organization's statement at the bottom of the article:
“It’s a propaganda move,” said activist Serena Fredda, while marching with thousands of people in the center of Rome. “This is a government that tends to multiply crimes and forgets that, despite the increase in penalties, there is no real deterrence.”