ITALEXIT: Italy Next To Reject Establishment, Protest Vote Set To Win Referendum

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ITALY is set to deal a hammer blow to its government as the latest polls revealed voters will punish Matteo Renzi's administration in the upcoming referendum.

The prime minister's failure to reach out to working class suggest large regions will snub Mr Renzi's plan for constitutional reform.

A Demos poll has revealed Mr Renzi's reforms will be rejected by an 11 percentage point margin in the south of the country - where most of the poorest regions are located - compared with a seven-point margin across the country.

As the nation prepares for a momentous referendum, which could spark an exit from the European Union, Mr Renzi said that he would have no interest in running the country if voters reject the proposed constitutional reform.

Luca Comodo, director at polling company Ipsos, says most voters believe that rejecting Mr Renzi's plans is a vote for change, particularly in southern regions where the economic damage inflicted by the deep recession that followed the global financial crisis hit voters particularly hard.

Mr Comodo said: "The south is where protest and rage are amplified."

If the reform goes through - it will reduce the power of the senate (the equivalent of the House of Lords in the UK) and take back legal power from 20 regional governments.

Those in favour of the change say it will make passing laws easier but those against it say it will centralise power too much.

But many Italians are not voting based on the reforms but on their confidence in Mr Renzi's leadership.

Mr Renzi's response has been to ramp up his campaign efforts in a desperate bid to win over voters in these regions - with visits to Sicily, Sardinia, Puglia and Campania (including the city of Naples).

The embattled prime minister has also proposed tax breaks for companies that create jobs in the south to tackle youth unemployment and stimulate investment, in a last ditch attempt to swing the referendum his way.

Italy is the eurozone's third-largest economy but most ordinary Italians, particularly those living in the south, still struggle to get by.

Emanuele Fusco, a 25-year-old barman, said: "A Yes vote is just a way to fool people. We should send this government packing and let everyone know how much they've screwed us."

Mr Renzi, 41, is coming under increasing pressure as the December 4 vote draws nearer with the anti-establishment Five Star Movement campaigning against him as well as a rebel faction within his own party.

Martina Riccio, a 32-year-old market researcher, said: "I would change some things about the constitution but I wouldn't have it touched by those in power now.

"Many people are voting No because they are against Renzi, without even knowing what this entails."

Italy's rules mean that if the vote goes against Mr Renzi, the country's president, Sergio Mattarella, could still ask him to lead a technical government which would have to amend the electoral system before an emergency election next year.

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  • b'mer...
    b'mer... Members Posts: 1,119 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Everywhere the Kardashians go, disaster soon follows...
  • Busta Carmichael
    Busta Carmichael Members, Moderators Posts: 13,161 Regulator
  • Broddie
    Broddie Members Posts: 11,750 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The entire world is sick and tired of the same old broken political hierarchies. In 2017 planet earth in general is hitting the reboot button it seems.
  • CeLLaR-DooR
    CeLLaR-DooR Members Posts: 18,880 ✭✭✭✭✭
    White people mad as ? all over the place. Hopefully it means some meaningful strides against the one percent.

    Wishful thinkin' tho'. Immigrants gettin' the blame
  • jono
    jono Members Posts: 30,280 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Europe stay in a ruckus
  • Copper
    Copper Members Posts: 49,532 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Broddie wrote: »
    The entire world is sick and tired of the same old broken political hierarchies. In 2017 planet earth in general is hitting the reboot button it seems.

    Reboot back to white supremacy politics
  • Copper
    Copper Members Posts: 49,532 ✭✭✭✭✭
    White people mad as ? all over the place. Hopefully it means some meaningful strides against the one percent.

    Wishful thinkin' tho'. Immigrants gettin' the blame

    White people will always direct thier anger/blame at people of color
    Even if it means fighting against thier own interests


    https://youtu.be/hT5KrRGfJBI

  • not_osirus_jenkins
    not_osirus_jenkins Members, Banned Users Posts: 3,670 ✭✭✭✭✭
    LASAGNA!!!!! ? ?
  • HundredEyes
    HundredEyes Members Posts: 2,959 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No worries yet but keep in mind that Italy is actually one of the founding members and if theyre stepping out it will have much greater consquences than a brexit.

    South of Italy has been broke for many generations now though, ? I remember back in primary school they taught is about the north n soutg of Italy like theyre 2 different nations...

    But yeah, nothing points to Italy moving out the EU yet...
  • HundredEyes
    HundredEyes Members Posts: 2,959 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Funny thing is that Italy benefitted a lot of the open borders policies, back in the 60s a lot of poor Italians were migrant workers in holland, germany etc, old generation returned back to Italy with that money....would like to see how they would vote if a eu referendum would ever be on the table..
  • Young_Chitlin
    Young_Chitlin Members Posts: 23,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
  • HundredEyes
    HundredEyes Members Posts: 2,959 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The referendum is about Italies central government, not the EU....ofcourse there will be resistance against such proposals, couple of years ago Venezia was still lobbying for independence...

    So the writer of the article is just looking for sensation, I cant read Italian but the major Dutch n German news outlets arent reporting ? about this so take the article with a grain of salt...its ? .
  • fortyacres
    fortyacres Members, Moderators Posts: 4,480 Regulator
    edited November 2016
    Broddie wrote: »
    The entire world is sick and tired of the same old broken political hierarchies. In 2017 planet earth in general is hitting the reboot button it seems.

    Thats not entirely true because the referendums and elections are not unanimous, and clearly these people dont even have a plan causing each election cycle for people to keep swinging from one extreme ideology to another.

    but as one on the losing left side of this argument , i think they are pressing the "reboot button" on the wrong side of history in my opinion , running back to so called strong old white men , their establishments , oligarchs and kleptocracies, is not it.

    and the Italian referendum is about senate sits and jurisdiction not the EU.

    Im keeping my eye on Germany and France (that hoe Le Marine Penn) next year. Angela Merkel is fighting this progressive war dolo in 2017 smh.

    lol historically it always has been France and Germany at the end of the day.