Italy’s Parliament Gives Final Approval to Meloni’s Electoral Reform – WTOP News
The law replaces Italy’s mixed voting system with a fully proportional one and gives the winning alliance a majority bonus if it reaches 42% of the vote.
- 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 controversial electoral reform of Italy's Prime Minister Meloni has been finally passed. The opposition accuses the government of trying to secure its power. Furthermore, there are constitutional concerns.
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Large minorities can be kept out of power with new Italian electoral law, says researcher.
The law, which gives an absolute majority to the coalition that exceeds 42 per cent of the votes, will face several appeals before the Constitutional Court
The opposition speaks of the "melonellum". To whom does the controversial new suffrage benefit?
Significant winners in Italy are expected to receive »bonus seats« in the future. Giorgia Meloni points to easier majority formation – but could itself benefit from it.
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