The government should carry on
even if it loses a December 4 referendum on its overhaul of
Italy's political machinery, Interior Minister Angelino Alfano
said Wednesday. "There was an initial error of mistaking the
part for the whole," said Alfano, leader of the New Centre Right
party. He said that the "last judgment" for the government would
only come in the next general election. Premier Matteo Renzi had
staked his political future on the success of the referendum but
has recently acknowledged he made a mistake in "personalising"
the vote. The Constitutional reform turns the Senate into a
leaner, regionally based body with fewer powers to save money
and speed up decision-making.
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