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Over 52 million Italians head to the polls today, casting their votes in five referendums on labor and immigration.
2025-06-08 09:02:12 / BOTA
From 7 am to 11 pm and tomorrow until 3 pm (local time), 51,303,216 Italians are expected to head to the polling stations to express their will on the questions of the five referendums.
Four referendums concern labor legislation, while the fifth is related to the time required for citizens from non-EU countries working in Italy to be able to apply for citizenship.
More specifically, the first referendum concerns the repeal of the law which, in the event of the dismissal of an employee without a valid reason, allows the employer not to rehire him/her and to only provide financial compensation.
The second referendum proposes the repeal of the law which stipulates that in companies with fewer than fifteen employees, in the event of dismissal without a valid reason, compensation cannot exceed six salaries.
The third referendum requires that the responsibilities and role of employees on fixed-term contracts not exceeding twelve months be defined in detail, while the fourth referendum refers to the direct liability of companies that outsource work to third parties in the event of industrial accidents.
In the fifth and final referendum, citizens will have to decide whether the minimum period of time required for immigrants working in the country to apply for Italian citizenship can be reduced from ten to five years.
In the governing majority, both the Brothers of Italy and the League with Forza Italia voted in favor of abstention.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced that she would go to her polling station in Rome, but that she would not collect ballots or vote.
The three largest Italian opposition parties are in favor of a "yes" vote in all referendums on labor issues: the Democratic Party, the Five Star Movement, and the Italian Left with the Greens.
Regarding the referendum on citizenship, the stance of the Democrats and the alliance of the Italian Left with the Ecologists is also positive, while the Five Star Movement left its voters to choose according to their conscience.
According to many analysts, it is extremely difficult to exceed the turnout of 50%+1 of eligible citizens.
This is the minimum percentage required for the result of any referendum to be considered valid.
In the last 25 years, this percentage has been exceeded only once, in 2011, for the referendum concerning the public nature of water infrastructure, opposition to the development of technologies based on nuclear energy, and the obligation of government members to participate in court hearings, like all other citizens.
Today's warm weather is certainly not conducive to citizen participation.
According to the Italian press, the center-left opposition has set a minimum target of more than 12.5 million citizens going to the polls and voting.
This is the number of votes that the conservative alliance parties received in the 2022 parliamentary elections.
However, the Italian prime minister's aides have revealed that they believe there is no connection between the elections to renew parliament and the participation of citizens who wish to answer the questions raised by today's referendums.
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