Italy’s vote on who gets to be Italian
Voters will decide whether or not to slash residency requirements for citizenship, against the government’s wishes
Voters will decide whether or not to slash residency requirements for citizenship, against the government’s wishes

Low turnout for two-day plebiscite aimed at granting faster citizenship to immigrants garners below 50% threshold needed to pass

Governments have repeatedly tweaked electoral rules in their favour over past decades

The country has shown investors what happens when political stability, fiscal credibility and industrial strengths are aligned

Italy’s enigmatic leader holds a casting vote this week on two crucial issues for the EU

Italians reject premier’s push to overhaul judiciary that has often clashed with government

Lawmakers squabbled over how to allocate limited additional resources