Premier Matteo Renzi on Monday
told Radio 24 that the December 4 referendum on the government's
landmark Constitutional reform will have a political impact
regardless of the result.
"There will be a political impact both if the Yes wins and if
the No wins", he told the Sole 24 Ore financial paper's radio.
"The problem if the No wins is simple: everything in the
Italian Constitution will remain the same - the most expensive
parliament in the world, a totally convoluted system and a
triumph of bureaucracy", he continued.
Renzi urged voters to focus on the reform rather than "what
happens the day after".
The reform amends the Italian Constitution and, among other
things, turns the Senate into a leaner assembly of local
government representatives with limited powers.
It is aimed at saving money and making it easier to pass
legislation.
Almost all of the opposition and a rebel minority within
Renzi's own center-left Democratic Party (PD) are backing the No
campaign.
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