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Giorgia Meloni faces critical test in controversial electoral reform vote

Financial Times8 October 2026, 04:00 UTCItaly

Italian prime minister has threatened to resign if wary lawmakers reject her fiercely contested redesign of the country’s voting system in a secret ballot

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