Overview
- Citizen organizers report more than 300,000 signatures collected toward a 500,000 goal, with the digital and in‑person drive running until January 30.
- Lawyers for the 15 promoters say a court appeal is ready if the government sets a March 22–23 vote before the collection and validation process concludes.
- Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is reported to favor fixing the date at Monday’s cabinet meeting, a move the collectors argue departs from past practice.
- Coverage cites a legal timetable that counts 50–70 days from the Cassazione’s admission of the final question, which could push a vote into April if authorities wait until after January 30.
- Campaigns are mobilizing on both sides, with the No committee launching its effort with CGIL’s Maurizio Landini, while Forza Italia prepares a broad, financed push and pro‑reform groups dispute ANM posters and defend the Nordio law’s compatibility with judicial independence.