Italy’s parliament gives final approval to Meloni’s electoral reform
- 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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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.
In Italy, parliament approved a new, controversial electoral law today. Parties that score more than 42 percent in the elections automatically receive 70 extra seats in the Chamber and 35 in parliament. This is intended to automatically secure a workable majority for the largest coalition, but according to the opposition, the system is undemocratic.
The Italian Chamber of Deputies approved on Thursday in a final vote the electoral reform proposed by the Prime Minister of the country, Giorgia Meloni. This reform consists in that, if a coalition gets at least 42% of the votes and remains first, it receives 70 additional seats in the Chamber of Deputies and ... Continue reading "Meloni manages to approve the electoral reform that changes the rules: "Who wins the elections must be able to gover…
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