Overview
- On Tuesday the majority continued to advance the so‑called Melonellum or Stabilicum but sherpa meetings had not resolved the key dispute over preferential voting, leaving no final compromise on the table.
- Opposition parties have coordinated a multi‑front response that includes shared and individual amendments, a social media campaign highlighting healthcare waiting lists, and a threatened appeal to the Constitutional Court.
- The draft law contains new registration rules that require signature collection from formations without parliamentary groups, a measure the majority describes as a technical safeguard but critics call an 'anti‑Vannacci' barrier to new entrants.
- Parliamentary timing is fluid because planned early‑July votes face possible postponement due to opposition events, transport maintenance and strikes, and strategic maneuvers tied to secret ballots and floor arithmetic.
- Critics warn the bill’s mechanics—large majority prizes and a role for a named premier on lists—amount to a de facto premierato that could consolidate governing power and, following Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s recent comments about the Quirinale, influence the next presidential succession.