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Italy Parliament Approves Meloni Electoral Reform in Major Political Victory
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News18•08-10-2026, 17:45
Italy Parliament Approves Meloni Electoral Reform in Major Political Victory
- •Italy's parliament gave final approval to a sweeping electoral reform known as the Stabilicum or Melonellum, granting Premier Giorgia Meloni a significant political victory.
- •The new law introduces a majority bonus of parliamentary seats for any pre-election alliance that secures at least 42 percent of the national vote, replacing the previous mixed system with a fully proportional one.
- •Supporters argue the reform will ensure more stable governments and clearer election winners, while the centre-left opposition has vowed to challenge its constitutionality in court.
- •Internal challenges remain as some coalition lawmakers fear the 42 percent threshold may be difficult to reach due to rising nationalist parties siphoning votes.
- •The reform marks another major attempt by Meloni to reshape Italy's institutional framework following previous legislative and referendum battles.
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The reform abolishes Italy's mixed electoral system and replaces it with a fully proportional system, introducing a major bonus prize of extra parliamentary seats for any pre-election alliance that secures at least 42 percent of the national vote.
The centre-left opposition has dubbed the legislation a scam law and plans to challenge it before Italy's Constitutional Court, arguing that the majority prize distorts voter representation and violates previous court rulings.
Meloni faces resistance from within her own right-wing coalition, where some lawmakers fear that support for Roberto Vannacci's nationalist National Future party could siphon vital votes and block the bloc from reaching the required 42 percent threshold.
