Looks like Italy is saying a big "Assolutamente no!" to Giorgia Meloni's constitutional referendum.

It's been seen by many as a de facto vote of confidence in her government - so is her government now in trouble?

🍿 at the ready.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/23/local-eu-elections-slovenia-italy-france-latest-updates-news

Giorgia Meloni concedes defeat in Italy’s judiciary reform referendum – Europe live

Italian prime minister says she will respect the vote but says it is ‘a lost change to modernise Italy’

the Guardian

@europeanspodcast Probably not mortal trouble because fascists are shameless, but so is #PoliticoIsTrash (and yet the Brussels bubble continues to trade access for coverage to Döpfner...)

Imagine how they'd report the "narrowly" if Meloni's side had a more than 1 million votes advantage.