Rome, March 22, 2026 (AFP) - Italy holds high-stakes referendum on judicial reform

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Italians begin voting Sunday in a two-day referendum on reforms that Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says will make the judiciary more independent -- but which critics argue will do the opposite. The poll risks turning into a referendum on the far-right leader herself, ahead of parliamentary elections next year. Meloni's hard-right government wants to change Italy's constitution to separate the role of judges and prosecutors and reform their oversi......

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