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Meloni loses judicial reform referendum
Change
Giorgia Meloni's judicial reform proposals were rejected in a national referendum, with 54% voting No.
Why it matters
The referendum outcome prevents the government from implementing its planned separation of prosecutors and judges, lottery-based appointments, and removal of disciplinary powers. That blocks the administration's immediate route to restructure judicial governance and restricts changes to appointment and disciplinary mechanisms. The result strengthens the Opposition's public case against the government's legitimacy ahead of next year's elections.
Implications
- · Segregation of prosecutors' and judges' career paths cannot be enacted as proposed.
- · Lottery-based appointment of judicial governing members and removal of existing disciplinary authority are blocked by the vote result.
Who is affected
- · Italian government executive
- · Italian judiciary and magistrates
- · Opposition political parties
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