Italians cast ballots in historic constitutional referendum vote

[brooklynite]

Source: CNN

Italians on Sunday are casting their ballots in a crucial constitutional referendum that could drastically change the political landscape of the eurozone's third-largest economy.

Center-left reformist Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has called for changes to the constitution, drafted in 1948, with the promise of stimulating Italy's sluggish economy and streamlining the country's legislature.

The changes would weaken the upper house of the Italian Parliament, the Senato, by cutting its numbers from 315 to 100.

Proponents of the referendum say that the goal is to make the job of governing Italy less complicated.


Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/04/world/italy-constitutional-referendum-voting/index.html

[hrmjustin]

1. Polls close late there.

[Massacure]

2. I don't understand this; how does the size of the Senate change the political landscape? n/t

[Drahthaardogs]

3. Because they have many political parties

And groups must form and agree to make a coalition since no single party has enough members to hold power and a platform