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Italy's Meloni Proposes Electoral Reform to Boost Re-election Chances
The proposed reform would grant a majority to coalitions winning over 40% of votes and could influence the 2027 election outcome, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni introduced a new electoral reform in parliament, seeking to revive her government's fortunes following a damaging justice reform referendum defeat last week.
- Reeling from her first major drubbing since taking office in 2022, Meloni aims to galvanize her coalition government with a new polls system that could boost her re-election chances next year.
- The reform switches Italy to a fully proportional system, offering a seat bonus to any coalition winning more than 40 percent of the vote, though simulations show the center-left could gain those bonus seats if the right bloc loses the far-right National Future party.
- Brothers party members remain divided over the law, with commentator Ilario Lombardo writing in the Stampa daily Monday that they fear the reform ignores "potentially irreversible decline" amid global uncertainty.
- Political scientist Giovanni Orsina of Luiss University told AFP that Meloni is showing "undeniable signs of weakness," noting her closeness to President Donald Trump is viewed as an increasing liability.
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The Italian parliament began debate today on a bill to reform the electoral system, which the coalition led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wants to implement before her term ends, the Austrian news agency APA reports. The new electoral system could improve Meloni's chances of re-election in the upcoming elections.
Put in difficulty by the victory of the "no" in the referendum on its judicial reform, the Italian Prime Minister would like to change the method of voting for the legislative elections.
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