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Jo McKenna: Italy Correspondent on the results of the judicial referendum, impact on Giorgia Meloni
Published 3 months ago
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has suffered her first major setback with a bruising referendum result.
Voters emphatically rejected the judicial reform, which proposed separating the careers of judges and public prosecutors, and splitting the magistrates’ self-governing body into two sections.
Italy Correspondent Jo McKenna told Mike Hosking the reforms were a bit muddy, and looked like a grab for power by the Meloni Government.
She says many Italians didn’t want the constitution to be touched in the first place, and on top of that, there’s a lot of disillusionment about Meloni’s close relationship with Donald Trump, particularly among young people.
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