Overview

• Voter turnout stood at 7.4 percent by midday Sunday, putting both referendums at risk of annulment under Italy’s participation requirement.
• One proposal would cut the residency period for non-EU nationals to apply for Italian citizenship from ten years to five years.
• The second question seeks to repeal four labor-market liberalization laws in order to reinstate protections on contracts, dismissals and workplace safety.
• Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government has called on its supporters to abstain in an effort to nullify the referendums.
• The Democratic Party and CGIL trade union have backed the measures, arguing citizenship reform could aid about 2.5 million people and strengthen worker protections.