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The failure of Italy’s last vote wasn’t just a missed opportunity,  it was a choreographed silence. Beneath it lies a politics of inertia, and a deeper civic wound ...

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Mr Landini, who heads Italy’s biggest trade union federation, was the leading sponsor of four referendums held on June 8th ...

All five referendums were lost because none reached the quorum of 50% of the electorate. Around 88-89% who voted supported the progressive changes to the labour laws but this went down by 33 ...

FILE PHOTO: People prepare to vote during a referendum on employment and Italian citizenship at a polling station in Rome, Italy, June 8, 2025.

By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) -Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni snubbed a referendum on easing citizenship laws but has emerged stronger from the vote as the leftist opposition failed to ...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni snubbed a referendum on easing citizenship laws but has emerged stronger from the vote as the leftist opposition failed to mobilise mass opposition to her ...

On Monday, the 9th of June, a referendum on easing citizenship rules and increasing workers’ rights ended in Italy and was declared invalid because only about 30% of voters took part, which is ...

Noto added that the data suggested some of Italy's right-leaning voters had defied calls from their parties' leaders to boycott the referendum and had likely helped boost the "No" vote on citizenship.

Italians vote over two days on referendums that would make it easier for children born in Italy to foreigners to obtain citizenship, and on providing more job protections.