The Italian government is
scheduled to meet on Monday to decide the date of a national
referendum over whether to accept or reject a Constitutional
reform voted by parliament.
The vote is reportedly likely to take place either on
November 27 or December 4.
Transport Minister Graziano Delrio on Sunday said the vote
will not be a "referendum on the government".
"It is a very important appointment and I believe it should
be held by discussing the substance, it is not a referendum on
the government", Delrio said on the sidelines of a G7 summit of
transport ministers held in Tokyo on September 23-25.
Premier Matteo Renzi has staked his political credibility
on pushing the reform through and could quit if he loses the
referendum on the revamp of the country's political machinery,
which includes the controversial transformation of the Senate
into a leaner assembly of local-government representatives with
limited powers to cut costs and make passing legislation a
faster process.
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