barneystinson69 said:
Luke888 said:
I live in Italy, the Referendum isn't really important for the EU but what will follow might indeed cause trouble: If the No wins then our PM Matteo Renzi (Left) is likely to leave meaning that Anti-EU partys such as Lega Nord (far right, quite racist) and Movimento 5 Stelle (central, divulgates fake news via the Internet to gain popularity) might be leading the country afterwards.
tbh the Referendum is only good for Italy, it reduces the number of senators, with a yearly gain of 50M € for Italy, it abolishes a public autorithy that never did anything and that costs 10M $ each year, moreover it overcomes the perfect bicameralism which exists only in our country and slows down the production of new laws which, added to our extremely slow burocracy makes approving even the simplest of laws extremely long
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But it also prevents the EU from bypassing the constitution of Italy is that correct (if a no vote happens)? I can make stupid mistakes, so tell me if I'm wrong lol. Either way, its going to be important as it causes more political turmoil across Europe.
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Honestly I don't recall what specifically was changed regarding the EU because it was just one article of the constitution that had to be changed because it was made before Italy even made the EU and I only read the changes to the constituciton back in September since I'm 17 and I can't cast my vote. Anyway if the No wins it isn't an automatical harakiri for Europe since tecnically Matteo Renzi could mantain his role as PM and, even if he left, PD (Left party) is still one of the most popular in the country
