Italian voters reject Meloni's reforms in referendum blow

With almost all votes counted, the result from Sunday and Monday's constitutional referendum put the "No" camp at around 53.5 percent, and "Yes" at around 46.5 percent, with a higher-than-expected turnout of almost 59 percent. "The Italians have decided. And we respect this decision," Meloni wrote on X. But this "does not change our commitment to continue, with seriousness and determination, to work for the good of the nation and to honour the mandate entrusted to us". Meloni, the head of the far-right Brothers of Italy party...