Italian voters deal blow to Meloni with No to judicial overhaul

ITALIAN voters have decisively rejected prime minister Giorgia Meloni’s keynote judicial reform — knocking into touch the plans of her right-wing coalition — and disrupting her strategy for next year’s general elections that include tweaking electoral law including the direct election for prime minister.The opposition-backed “No” bloc took close to 54 per cent of the vote against 46 per cent. Turnout was higher than anticipated at almost 60 per cent with the youth vote decisive.