The 2016 Italian constitutional Referendum is scheduled to be held in Italy on Sunday Dec 04,2016
Voters will be asked whether they approve of amending the Italian Constitution to reform the appointment and powers of the Parliament of Italy as well as the partition of powers of State, Regions, and administrative entities.
In accordance with Article 138 of the Constitution, a referendum was called because the constitutional amendment had not been approved by a qualified majority of two-thirds in each house of the Parliament in the second voting
The reform will not become law unless it receives a majority of "Yes" votes in the referendum. This will be the third constitutional referendum in the History of Italian Republic - the other two were in 2001 (which was approved) and 2006 (which was rejected).
Background
The bill, proposed by Italian PM Matteo Renzi and his centre-left Democratic Party, was first introduced by the government in the Senate on 8 April 2014. After several amendments by both the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, the bill received its first approval on 13 October 2015 (Senate) and 11 January 2016 (Chamber), and, eventually, its second and final approval on 20 January 2016 (Senate) and 12 April 2016 (Chamber)
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Voters will be asked whether they approve of amending the Italian Constitution to reform the appointment and powers of the Parliament of Italy as well as the partition of powers of State, Regions, and administrative entities.
In accordance with Article 138 of the Constitution, a referendum was called because the constitutional amendment had not been approved by a qualified majority of two-thirds in each house of the Parliament in the second voting
The reform will not become law unless it receives a majority of "Yes" votes in the referendum. This will be the third constitutional referendum in the History of Italian Republic - the other two were in 2001 (which was approved) and 2006 (which was rejected).
Background
The bill, proposed by Italian PM Matteo Renzi and his centre-left Democratic Party, was first introduced by the government in the Senate on 8 April 2014. After several amendments by both the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, the bill received its first approval on 13 October 2015 (Senate) and 11 January 2016 (Chamber), and, eventually, its second and final approval on 20 January 2016 (Senate) and 12 April 2016 (Chamber)
Italy’s Brexit moment? The complex constitutional referendum that could rock Europe
On June 23,2016 a referendum in Britain produced a dramatic result: The United Kingdom would become the first European Union member to leave the supranational institution that some credit as the glue that has kept postwar Europe together.
This weekend, another less-heralded referendum could mark another blow to Europe's status quo. Italians will go vote Sunday Dec 04,2016 on whether to amend the Italian constitution to reform the country's parliament and the way its governments are created.
Why is Italy having a referendum?
When Prime Minister Matteo Renzi came to power in 2014, he promised to reform Italian politics and get the economy booming. With the support of his center-left Democratic Party, he introduced a parliamentary bill that attempted to alter Italy's 1947 constitution. The prime minister and his allies argued the constitutional changes would streamline the country's legislative process, while his critics note that it would take away many powers from Italy's parliament and put them in the hands of the prime minister.
The highly contested bill finally passed through parliament earlier this year, but it didn't receive the qualified two-thirds majority of votes needed to change the constitution. So, Renzi had to seek a referendum. After Italy's Court of Cassation approved the referendum in August, the vote's date was set for Dec. 4.
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