Italy Parliament Votes on Electoral Law in Key Test for Meloni
The proposal would give a bonus seat majority to any alliance winning more than 42% of the vote, according to the draft.
- On Thursday, Italy's Parliament votes on electoral reform that would grant a parliamentary majority to any alliance winning more than 42% of the vote. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government argues the measure will improve stability ahead of next year's elections.
- Under the proposed system, an alliance securing more than 42% of the vote gains 70 seats in the lower house and 35 in the Senate. Luca Ciriani told AFP the reform would "guarantee governability," requiring coalitions to name candidates "well before the election."
- Chiara Braga, lower-house leader for the opposition Democratic Party, told AFP the proposal "bends democratic rules to serve the interests of those in power." The secret ballot allows coalition rebels to potentially vote against the reform despite the government's majority.
- Political scientist Giovanni Orsina of Rome's Luiss University said passage was "extremely likely." "Meloni faces little risk" in the lower-house vote, though "the law creates a completely open competitive landscape, so she does risk losing the election," Orsina said.
- According to a recent survey by Ipsos Doxa, a centre-left coalition could surpass the 42% threshold if it overcomes internal divisions. Meloni's Brothers party faces pressure from former army general Roberto Vannacci's rising National Future movement, despite her record as Italy's longest-serving postwar leader.
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Italy's Prime Minister Meloni had threatened her resignation if the electoral reform failed.
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Italy Weighs Giving Bonus Seats to Election Winners
“Italian lawmakers on Thursday prepared to vote on a controversial new law that would award bonus seats in Parliament to election winners, a move supporters say will help prevent governments from collapsing and detractors denounce as unconstitutional and antidemocratic,” the New York Times reports. “Championed by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who has threatened to resign […]
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The Lower House is holding the final vote on Thursday on a bill presented by the parties of Premier Giorgia Meloni's ruling coalition to bring in a new election law passed. (ANSA)
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