US Edition‘Shameful’: Outrage in Italy as PM Meloni Says She Won’t Vote in June Referendums
- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced on June 3, 2025, that she will attend the June 8-9 referendums but refuse to pick up the ballots in Rome.
- Meloni's decision follows her government’s opposition to the referendums, especially the vote on easing citizenship rules, aiming to reduce legal residence from 10 to 5 years.
- The referendums include citizenship and four labor reform questions supported by left-wing parties and trade unions, while the government encourages abstention to block quorum.
- Meloni described the "non-voting voter" approach as "one of the options," prompting criticism from opposition leaders calling it "shameful" and accusing her of trying to scuttle the referendums.
- The government’s abstention strategy seeks to prevent the mandatory quorum of over 50% turnout, requiring over 25 million voters, thereby risking invalid referendum results if achieved.
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"Giorgia Meloni said that for the referendum he will go to the seat but will not withdraw the card? His is an act of contempt for the 4 and a half million Italians who signed for this referendum and for the many millions who will still vote. I do not think it is an act of leader but the sign of a fear, of a person who is afraid" . So in Otto and a half (La7) Tomaso Montanari, rector of the University for Foreigners of Siena, comments on the choi…
‘Shameful’: Outrage in Italy as PM Meloni says she won’t vote in June referendums
Italian PM Giorgia Meloni drew backlash from Italy’s opposition forces after saying she would go to her polling station but “won’t pick up the ballots” for the June 8th-9th referendums, including a landmark vote on easing citizenship rules.
He says he won't withdraw the tabs with the questions: it's a possibility provided by the rules and it's another way to abstain
Referendum, the Meloni: I will go to the polls without withdrawing the ballots. Act lawful and normal, but Schlein and Conte are unleashed: "Shame, make fun of Italy." That's what the progressives said until yesterday.Voting is a right, but if it suits the left it becomes a duty. So the president of the...
Constitutionalist: 'Do not withdraw cards is like not going to vote'. They attack oppositions (ANSA)
The premier, unlike members of the centre-right who will not vote, explains that she will go to the polls. However, her vote will not enter the quorum.
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