Overview
- Centre-right and centre-left groups filed parallel requests in the Chamber and opened signature collection to reach the one‑fifth quorum needed to call the confirmatory referendum.
- Once the quorum is met, the request will be lodged with the Court of Cassation, and the law will stand if a majority of votes cast approve it since no turnout threshold applies.
- A YouTrend poll for Sky TG24 reports 56% would vote Yes and 44% No, with 48% saying they would certainly vote and another 20% likely to do so.
- Timelines remain unsettled, with some reports pointing to March 2026 and others indicating a window from mid-April to early June 2026.
- The governing coalition and some centrists support the reform as the opposition campaigns against it despite internal rifts, and a Senate event will present a Yes committee promoted by criminal lawyers.