https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Ballots were cast nationwide for a referendum on cutting parliament numbers, which passed easily with alost 70 percent voting in favour. https://www.thelocal.it/20200921/italians-vote-in-favour-of-slashing-number-of-mps-in-referendum Mon, 21 Sep 2020 17:53:37 +0200 italians-vote-in-favour-of-slashing-number-of-mps-in-referendum Why does the rest of Italy care about a regional election in Emilia Romagna? Here are the results and why they matter. https://www.thelocal.it/20200127/explained-emilia-romagna-election-result-why-does-it-matter-to-italy Mon, 27 Jan 2020 16:23:39 +0100 explained-emilia-romagna-election-result-why-does-it-matter-to-italy Italy's populist leader Matteo Salvini failed to win a key regional election and topple the country's fragile coalition government, official results showed on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20200127/italy-emilia-romagna-regional-vote Mon, 27 Jan 2020 09:33:05 +0100 italy-emilia-romagna-regional-vote Italy's parliament on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to approve slashing the number of lawmakers in new constitutional reforms. https://www.thelocal.it/20191009/italy-votes-to-cut-number-of-mps-and-senators-by-more-than-a-third Wed, 09 Oct 2019 11:24:14 +0200 italy-votes-to-cut-number-of-mps-and-senators-by-more-than-a-third Sicily heads to the polls on Sunday for a regional vote seen as a bellwether for Italy's general elections in spring, with the populist Five Star Movement (M5S) going head-to-head with a resurgent right as the left struggles. https://www.thelocal.it/20171103/sicily-election-guide Fri, 03 Nov 2017 10:09:44 +0100 sicily-election-guide Some nine million Italians were voting on Sunday in a municipal poll seen as a key test of party support ahead of looming parliamentary elections. https://www.thelocal.it/20170611/italy-faces-local-poll-test-ahead-of-parliamentary-vote Sun, 11 Jun 2017 13:21:01 +0200 italy-faces-local-poll-test-ahead-of-parliamentary-vote Prime Minister Matteo Renzi now has 60 days to set a date for a public vote on constitutional reform after it was given the go-ahead by the Court of Cassation on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160808/italys-top-court-approves-public-vote-on-political-revamp Mon, 08 Aug 2016 17:29:29 +0200 italys-top-court-approves-public-vote-on-political-revamp Italy’s upcoming referendum on constitutional reform is not akin to Brexit, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said in an interview on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160712/italys-referendum-is-not-like-brexit-renzi Tue, 12 Jul 2016 10:09:23 +0200 italys-referendum-is-not-like-brexit-renzi In July, Italy's parliament will begin debating historic changes to cannabis laws that could see the drug legalized. https://www.thelocal.it/20160630/how-and-why-italys-cannabis-laws-could-soon-change Thu, 30 Jun 2016 13:57:15 +0200 how-and-why-italys-cannabis-laws-could-soon-change Britons in Italy woke up to the shocking news on Friday that the UK has voted to leave the EU, sending the pound crashing and fuelling concerns about their future on the continent. https://www.thelocal.it/20160624/brits-in-italy-left-stunned-after-uk-votes-for-brexit Fri, 24 Jun 2016 11:16:02 +0200 brits-in-italy-left-stunned-after-uk-votes-for-brexit Giorgio Armani has urged Britain to stay in the European Union, warning that the bloc would be worse off without England's influence on fashion and design. https://www.thelocal.it/20160621/italys-armani-tells-trendsetter-britain-to-stay-in-eu Tue, 21 Jun 2016 15:42:54 +0200 italys-armani-tells-trendsetter-britain-to-stay-in-eu British expats who have been registered to vote in the UK within the last 15 years have until Tuesday June 7th to apply for a proxy vote in the EU referendum. https://www.thelocal.it/20160520/brits-be-warned-applications-for-brexit-proxy-vote-needed-by-june-7th Fri, 20 May 2016 18:09:10 +0200 brits-be-warned-applications-for-brexit-proxy-vote-needed-by-june-7th Almost half of all Italians would vote to leave the EU if given the opportunity, according to a poll published on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160509/almost-half-of-all-italians-want-to-leave-eu-poll Mon, 09 May 2016 17:46:55 +0200 almost-half-of-all-italians-want-to-leave-eu-poll The justice committee of Italy’s lower house of parliament on Wednesday approved the Senate version of a hotly-contested same-sex unions bill, paving the way for the lower house to begin examining the bill’s full text on May 9th. https://www.thelocal.it/20160505/italys-long-awaited-gay-unions-bill-final-vote-lower-house-law Thu, 05 May 2016 13:38:47 +0200 italys-long-awaited-gay-unions-bill-final-vote-lower-house-law A long-term Briton in Italy has said he is “disappointed and saddened” after losing a High Court bid to get the right to vote in the upcoming EU referendum. https://www.thelocal.it/20160428/the-battle-isnt-over-vows-long-term-briton-in-italy-barred Thu, 28 Apr 2016 14:37:44 +0200 the-battle-isnt-over-vows-long-term-briton-in-italy-barred Britain’s upcoming referendum on whether to remain in the EU will have a huge effect on the two million Brits living in Europe - and many of these expats have a right to vote. But will they, and if so, how? https://www.thelocal.it/20160422/survey-could-brits-in-europe-put-the-brakes-on-brexit-2 Fri, 22 Apr 2016 09:00:20 +0200 survey-could-brits-in-europe-put-the-brakes-on-brexit-2 A legal challenge will be launched on Wednesday, which could see voting rights in the Brexit referendum granted to British expats in Italy who have lived abroad for over 15 years. https://www.thelocal.it/20160316/long-term-british-expats-in-italy-challenge Wed, 16 Mar 2016 11:21:28 +0100 long-term-british-expats-in-italy-challenge A "super-amendment" to a civil unions bill was passed in a vote of confidence in the Senate on Thursday, paving the way for the contested bill to become law. https://www.thelocal.it/20160225/live-italy-set-for-crunch-vote-on-gay-unions Thu, 25 Feb 2016 15:50:52 +0100 live-italy-set-for-crunch-vote-on-gay-unions Gay activists have lambasted the Italian government for cutting the adoption provision from the civil unions bill. https://www.thelocal.it/20160225/anger-as-italy-cooks-gay-civil-unions-bill-making-children-second-class-citizens Thu, 25 Feb 2016 09:19:27 +0100 anger-as-italy-cooks-gay-civil-unions-bill-making-children-second-class-citizens Italian Premier Matteo Renzi on Sunday warned he could call a high-stakes confidence vote in his government in a bid to unlock a parliamentary deadlock over gay civil unions. https://www.thelocal.it/20160222/italys-renzi-threatens-confidence-vote-over-gay-civil-unions Mon, 22 Feb 2016 09:09:43 +0100 italys-renzi-threatens-confidence-vote-over-gay-civil-unions