As a member of the subcommittee set up in 1944 by the short lived "Ministero per la Costituente" Zuccarini was able to return to another of his preferred themes, reiterating the need to maximise local autonomy and move Italy towards a federalist structure. The issues raised were complex, and the decentralisation of power would involve reversing trends that had been firmly set in place since 1860. In the longer term it can be argued that Italian constitution arrangements would indeed move closer towards the federalist ideals favoured by Zuccarini, but in 1944 it was clear only that his proposals encountered significant resistance. By April 1945 it was becoming evident that the Republican Party was weakened by more fundamental differences over political strategy between Giovanni Conti and Randolfo Pacciardi, while Zuccarini again found himself a somewhat semi-detached member of the party's leadership team. He now focused increasingly to sharing his ideas with readers of . His principal themes were the need to strengthen regional autonomy and various issues involving the trades union movement.