Overview
- The compromise amendment, sponsored by Fratelli d'Italia, Noi Moderati and UDC, keeps a blocked capolista and lets voters mark up to three of the remaining six names on lists of seven with enforced gender alternation.
- The Lega has formally ordered its deputies to back the amendment and Forza Italia is reported to be leaning toward approval pending a group meeting, but neither party has given a final, public sign‑off.
- The Democratic Party plans to request secret ballots where rules allow and opposition groups are preparing sustained obstruction inside the Chamber plus protests outside Montecitorio to pressure the majority.
- Analyses circulated inside Parliament show the mixed model would make preferences decisive for roughly a quarter of seats and would advantage larger parties far more than smaller ones.
- The Movimento 5 Stelle has filed an alternative that would allow two freely written preferences and cut the parliamentary bonus, a proposal that sharpens the choice between party control of lists and stronger voter influence.