The oppositions to Premier Matteo
Renzi's centre-left government on Tuesday obtained the quorum of
one fifth of the House needed to request a referendum on Renzi's
flagship Constitutional reform abolishing the Senate. The 166
signatures were gathered among the anti-establishment 5-Star
Movement, Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia, the Northern League,
and Sinistra Italiana. Renzi has staked his political future on
the October referendum on reforms to make government cheaper and
easier.
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