Referendum, the race starts. Clash between the two committees immediately
On Monday, 3 November, the collection of signatures among centre-right MPs begins. Minister Nordio ready for TV confrontation with the ANM: if the no vote wins, I will not resign
The machine towards the vote for the referendum (without quorum) on the separation of the careers of magistrates (scheduled between March and April 2026) has already started. On Monday 3 November, the centre-right's signature collection starts in Parliament. 80 signatures will be needed for deputies, equivalent to one fifth of the members of the Chamber, 41 in the Senate.
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"On Tuesday we will deposit the signatures," announced Forza Italia group leader in Palazzo Madama Maurizio Gasparri. The collection of signatures among parliamentarians has also been initiated by the oppositions. And it is not excluded that other parties (such as electoral committees or regional councils) will also join the request for a confirmatory referendum.
The script seems similar to the most immediate precedent: that of 2016 with the Boschi-Renzi reform that overcame the perfect bicameralism. All the opposition groups (the centre-right, M5s and Sel) started collecting the signatures of their parliamentarians and so did the majority groups. Both collected the necessary signatures in a few hours. A Committee for the Yes vote was launched that also promoted the collection of the 500,000 popular signatures (600,000 were deposited) to ask for the referendum.
After the final yes of Parliament and the publication in the Official Journal, there are three months to collect signatures either among parliamentarians (one fifth of the members of a chamber), citizens (500,000) or even five regional councils.
The date of the vote
Once deposited in the Court of Cassation, the latter has 30 days to give the go-ahead, which must immediately be communicated to the government and the presidents of the chambers. At that point, the President of the Republic, 'on the deliberation of the Council of Ministers', convenes the referendum within 60 days, which must be held between the 50th and 70th day after the decree of convocation. The timeframe is therefore flexible, but the Minister of Justice Carlo Nordio has already made it known that the government is oriented towards holding the referendum between mid-March and mid-April. It could therefore be held even without waiting the standard three months. As soon as possible, in any case, at a safe distance from the municipal elections next June. Isolating the referendum vote is another way for the government to
