Young voters shake Italy’s political calm as referendum exposes tensions for Giorgia Meloni
Prime minister is scrambling to clean up her government after youth vote powered a damaging referendum defeatFilippo Michelini was having a drink at San Calisto, a popular bar in Rome’s Trastevere neighbourhood on Wednesday night. As he chatted to his friends, Giorgia Meloni’s far-right...
<p>Prime minister is scrambling to clean up her government after youth vote powered a damaging referendum defeat</p><p>Filippo Michelini was having a drink at San Calisto, a popular bar in Rome’s Trastevere neighbourhood on Wednesday night. As he chatted to his friends, Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government was <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/23/italy-voters-reject-overhaul-judiciary-giorgia-meloni">reeling from a failed referendum</a>, and her beleaguered <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/25/italy-tourism-minister-daniela-santanche-resigns">tourism minister, Daniela Santanchè, had just resigned</a>.</p><p>Michelini, a 29-year-old computer scientist who lives in Brussels, was spending a few days in the Italian capital after returning home last weekend to cast his ballot in the plebiscite on judicial changes.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/28/young-voters-italy-referendum-giorgia-meloni">Continue reading...</a>
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