Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Italy’s Renzi Puts Job on the Line Over 2016 Referendum


Reuters, 29/12 16:57 CET

By Gavin Jones

ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi staked his political future on Tuesday on a referendum over constitutional reform next year, saying he would consider his career in government to have been a failure if the ballot goes against him.

Renzi has piled political capital into a bill to effectively abolish the upper house Senate as an elected chamber. Renzi says this will make the country more governable but his critics say it reduces democratic checks and balances.

It will cut the number of senators by two thirds, strip the Senate of its ability to bring down a government and sharply limit its scope to block legislation. 

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Source: Euronews

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