The result came just weeks after Italy passed an urgent decree to limit citizenship via bloodline to two generations maximum.

Italy is holding a citizenship referendum and it's proving so divisive that some, including the prime minister, are boycotting it.

An Italian referendum on granting faster citizenship to immigrants has failed due to low voter turnout. Italy's right-wing government was against it and tried to boycott the democratic process.

Italy’s citizenship referendum voided: All you need to know Left-wing parties decry the lack of public debate on move to speed up naturalisation of immigrants.

ROME — An Italian referendum on granting faster citizenship to certain immigrants and seeking to strengthen labor rights failed because of low turnout, after Italian Prime Minister Giorgia ...

The referendum is “dangerous” and would extend access to citizenship “indiscriminately”, Salvini, Italy’s deputy prime minister, said in May.

PM Meloni said she would not vote, and opposition accuses government of dampening interest in immigrant, worker issues.

Pro-migrant groups and opposition parties have collected enough signatures to trigger a referendum on easing Italy's stringent citizenship laws for foreigners, government data showed on Tuesday.

Italy's referendums aimed at relaxing citizenship laws and improving job protections have failed on because of low turnout.

Italians vote over two days on referendums that would make it easier for children born in Italy to foreigners to obtain citizenship, and on providing more job protections.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni snubbed a referendum on easing citizenship laws but has emerged stronger from the vote as the leftist opposition failed to mobilise mass opposition to her ...

ROME (Reuters) -Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni snubbed a referendum on easing citizenship laws but has emerged stronger from the vote as the leftist opposition failed to mobilise mass ...