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Blow to Italian PM Giorgia Meloni as she suffers referendum defeat

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni concedes defeat in a referendum on justice reform, but despite the major blow to her far-right leadership, she insists she is going nowhere. Grouped from 7 articles across 6 sources.

7 reports6 sourcesMar 23, 2026, 10:07 PM
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ABC AustraliaMar 23, 2026, 10:07 PM

Blow to Italian PM Giorgia Meloni as she suffers referendum defeat

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni concedes defeat in a referendum on justice reform, but despite the major blow to her far-right leadership, she insists she is going nowhere.

The GuardianMar 23, 2026, 5:17 PM

Giorgia Meloni concedes defeat in Italy’s judiciary reform referendum – as it happened

Italian prime minister says she will respect the vote but says it is ‘a lost change to modernise Italy’ Meanwhile, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán attempted to get on the front foot after allegations that his foreign minister Péter Szijjártó was leaking confidential EU talks to Russia as he ordered a probe into what he called a wiretapping of Szijjártó’s phone. “We are dealing with two serious issues: there is evidence that Hungary’s foreign minister was wiretapped, and we also have indications of who may be behind it. This must be investigated immediately,” Orban tweeted on Monday, as reported by Reuters. Continue reading...

DWMar 23, 2026, 4:22 PM

Italy's Meloni concedes defeat on judiciary referendum

With Italian voters rejecting the judicial reform pushed by Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the far-right leader lamented the "lost chance" to modernize the country.

Al JazeeraMar 23, 2026, 6:54 PM

Italy’s Meloni concedes referendum defeat, calling it ‘a lost opportunity’

Giorgia Meloni concedes defeat in the high-stakes vote on a justice reform package, but vows to continue as PM.

The GuardianMar 23, 2026, 5:05 PM

Italian voters reject Giorgia Meloni’s plan to overhaul judiciary

Referendum result could tarnish PM’s reputation and make winning next year’s general election more challenging Italian voters have rejected an overhaul of the country’s judiciary pushed by the prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, an outcome that is expected to tarnish her reputation and make winning next year’s general election more challenging. In a two-day referendum, almost 54% of voters said no to the plans to reorganise the judiciary, compared with about 46% for the yes camp. Continue reading...

The Straits TimesMar 23, 2026, 2:21 PM

Italy’s Meloni loses key referendum ahead of 2027 Italian election

The result may re-energise the fragmented centre-left, giving the opposition parties the impetus to forge an alliance.

EuronewsMar 23, 2026, 4:24 PM

Meloni admits defeat as Italians reject judicial reform in major referendum

The Italian premier conceded defeat after preliminary results showed that most voters rejected the proposed changes to Italy's judiciary, in what was widely seen as a major test of her government.

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