PM Meloni said she would not vote, and opposition accuses government of dampening interest in immigrant, worker issues.
An Italian referendum aimed at easing citizenship rules and enhancing labor protections failed due to low voter turnout, largely influenced by hard-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s call to boycott the vote. Only 30 percent of the electorate participated, failing to meet the required threshold for a binding outcome, which was viewed as a setback for the center-left opposition’s proposals. Critics, including labor union leaders, decried the low engagement as indicative of a democratic crisis, while Meloni’s party asserted that the referendum was a ploy to undermine her government.
