Italy’s parliament gives final approval to Meloni’s electoral reform
The reform gives a majority bonus to any alliance that wins more than 42% of the vote, a change critics say favors Meloni’s coalition.
- On Thursday, The Chamber approved Italy's electoral overhaul by 227 votes to 164, handing Premier Giorgia Meloni a key political victory in Rome after months of heated debate.
- The reform, dubbed 'Stabilicum' or 'Melonellum,' awards a majority prize to alliances winning at least 42% of the national vote, designed to strengthen Italy's political system and produce clearer election winners.
- Democratic Party leader Elly Schlein protested the measure, which Critics dubbed a 'scam law,' arguing it is unconstitutional and distorts voter representation through the majority prize mechanism.
- Some lawmakers fear former general Roberto Vannacci's National Future party could siphon votes from the governing bloc, potentially preventing it from reaching the required 42% threshold for the majority bonus.
- The reform increases pressure on the divided center-left opposition, where tensions between the Democratic Party and the Five-Star Movement complicate efforts to build a unified alliance for next year's election; the opposition pledges to challenge the measure in the Constitutional Court.
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The Italian Parliament gave final approval today to a comprehensive reform of the country's electoral system, granting Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni a political victory and at the same time preparing the ground for a probable constitutional battle on the subject. The new law is widely seen as an attempt to strengthen Italy's political system and, at the same time, to improve the electoral prospects of the centre-right coalition headed by Meloni,…
The Italian Parliament approved a reform that modifies the rules of the next elections and that, according to the opposition, seeks to favor the re-election of the government
Presented by the Prime Minister as a tool of stability, the reform voted on Thursday by the parliament is accused by the opposition of favoring the majority. Giorgia Meloni wants to establish its power for the duration "You only want to perpetuate your power, takes away the former head of the Italian government Giuseppe Conte. In order to ensure the future control of the parliament, you could also specify that the majority premium is awarded to …
The Italian parliament has approved a new electoral law. That is an important victory for far-right Prime Minister Meloni.
The Italian Parliament approved the reform of the electoral system today, giving Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni an important political victory, but at the same time opened the possibility of a constitutional dispute over the new electoral rules.
When Italians go to the polls again next year, it will be under a new electoral law – the fifth since the 1990s. The approval of the new law by parliament is a major victory for Prime Minister Georgia Meloni. With it, she is betting on an all-or-nothing strategy.
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