LATEST: Italy Approves New Electoral Law Ahead of 2027 Vote
Lawmakers approved a proportional system with a 42% seat bonus and higher signature thresholds that critics say will help Meloni’s coalition.
- On Thursday, Italy's lower house of parliament gave final approval to electoral reform championed by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, which could shape the outcome of next year's national election.
- The bill introduces a fully proportional voting system where any coalition winning more than 42% of votes receives a 'majority bonus' of 70 seats in the 400-member Chamber and 35 in the 200-member Senate.
- New rules require coalitions to secure at least 10% of the vote and individual parties at least 3%, while raising signature requirements for new parties to 6,000 from 1,500 in each constituency.
- Democratic Party leader Elly Schlein dismissed the reform, stating, "Go ahead and change the electoral law, we will win in any case," as opposition accuses the government of designing rules to favor the ruling coalition.
- Meloni, whose government celebrated almost four years in power last month, defends the rules as promoting stability, though her coalition now trails in polls as the far-right group National Future erodes support.
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The new law – which guarantees a parliamentary majority to any alliance winning more than 42% of the votes – was passed by 227 votes in favour and 164 against, after the far right leader told her ruling coalition that she would resign if the reform failed.
Even Giorgia Meloni cannot resist the temptation and, like her predecessors, has created a new legal basis for the upcoming election. Whether it will help her in the end is questionable.
The Italian Chamber of Deputies finally approved on Thursday the controversial electoral reform advocated by the country's Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, which sets the rules for the national elections scheduled for next year. Meloni says that the new rules aim to increase the chances of forming stable governments. The opposition of the centre-left maintains that the intention is to broaden the possibilities for the Prime Minister to remain in …
The lower house of the Italian parliament on Thursday finally approved the electoral reform initiated by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
Italy's head of government Meloni won the power poker for her much-discussed electoral reform for the time being. Before the vote, she threatened - in case of a no - with harsh consequences.
The text - which guarantees a parliamentary majority to any alliance winning more than 42% of the votes - was adopted by 227 votes in favour and 164 against, after the far-right leader Giorgia Meloni had declared to her ruling coalition that she would resign if the reform failed. More stability? "With the final adoption of the new electoral law, the Italians will be able to choose everything when they return to the polls: the party, the coalitio…
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