Italians are voting in referendums aimed at easing citizenship rules and enhancing labor protections, with concerns over low turnout potentially invalidating the polls. The proposed reforms include reducing the residency requirement for citizenship from ten to five years, affecting around 2.5 million foreign nationals, while the labor measures focus on dismissal protections and contract conversions. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, opposing the reforms, has been criticized for her non-voting stance, as low awareness and turnout threaten the referendum’s validity.
