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Most people in France, Germany, Italy and Spain want UK to rejoin EU, poll finds – but on new terms - Poll results after ...

Most people in the four largest countries in the European Union would welcome the UK back into the bloc, a new poll has found – but not on the same terms it had before. At the same time, most Britons ...

ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni snubbed a referendum on easing citizenship laws but has emerged stronger from the vote as the leftist opposition failed to mobilise mass opposition to ...

Italy's referendum fails on poor turnout Questions had covered citizenship rules, labour protections Opposition had hoped to build broader front against Meloni Outcome underscores Meloni ...

Noto added that the data suggested some of Italy's right-leaning voters had defied calls from their parties' leaders to boycott the referendum and had likely helped boost the "No" vote on citizenship.

A referendum in Italy on citizenship requirements and job protection is likely to have failed, as turnout was far below the required threshold, polling agency YouTrend said on Monday.

Italy Referendum Citizenship Ballot papers are prepared on a table for referendums on citizenship and job protections, at a polling station in Milan, Italy, Sunday, June 8, 2025.

AFP Rome: A referendum on easing citizenship rules and strengthening labour laws in Italy has failed due to low voter turnout, in a win for Giorgia Meloni, whose government urged people to boycott it.

The referendum, which sought to reduce the time it takes to become a naturalized citizen from 10 years to five, failed because fewer than 50% of eligible voters took part in two days of voting.

ROME — An Italian referendum on granting faster citizenship to certain immigrants and seeking to strengthen labor rights failed because of low turnout, after Italian Prime Minister Giorgia ...