A referendum failure in Italy was aimed at facilitating the obtaining of Italian citizenship and canceling the procedures for liberalizing the labor market, with the low participation after the government of the Prime Minister called Georgeta Meloni Voters to refrain from voting.
According to the screening process, which is still ongoing, about 30% of the voters went to the polls on Sunday and Monday, while more than 50% must participate to take the result of the vote in mind.
The members of the government called on their supporters to refrain from voting for not reaching 50%.
With the support of NGOs and opposition parties, in the context of this referendum, the proposal to reduce the period that a non -European resident must live without marriage or a blood link with Italy in this country from 10 to 5 years before requesting citizenship.
Prime Minister Georgeta Meloni – the leader of the Fratelli Detalia party (the far right), who reached power in 2022 based on an anti -immigration program – announced that she “completely opposes” this procedure even if her government increases the number of work visas.
The defeat of the left
Matteo Salvini, Deputy Prime Minister, Leader of the anti -immigration party, wrote on Monday on Monday X platform “A heinous defeat for the left, which no longer has ideas or credibility, and even no longer able to mobilize his voters.”
The Italians were also called to vote on a proposal to cancel 4 laws to liberalize the labor market, in a referendum proposed by the main trade union “CIL” (left) after collecting 500,000 supporters.
The Union was hoping to re -implement non -proven contract protection measures, demobilization and business accidents, which were canceled.
About 85% of the Italians, who went to the polls, answered “yes” to all questions related to work, and supported 64% of the naturalization proposal.
The main opposition party – the Democratic Party (the left of the center) – supported the proposals submitted to the referendum, although it was adopted when there were many measures in power that he suggested canceled.
The Secretary -General of the CGI Landini, the Secretary -General of the CGI Landini, said that the great abstinence of voting indicates a “clear democratic crisis” in Italy, but he pledged to “continue this battle by all available means.”