Early Italian elections looming after parties strike deal

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Series Details 06.06.17
Publication Date 06/06/2017
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Italy's four major parties represented within the Constitutional Affairs Committee agreed on the 5 June 2017 on a new electoral law for the country, which would introduce a rule meaning that only parties receiving more than 5% of the vote would be represented in parliament.

The legislative proposal was to be debated in the Italian parliament. If adopted in July 2017 commentators suggested that the spring 2018 planned election might be brought forward to the autumn of 2017.

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