Italian parliament votes to scrap hundreds of seats at next election


  • World
  • Wednesday, 09 Oct 2019

FILE PHOTO: General view of the Senate in Rome, Italy March 23, 2018. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's parliament voted on Tuesday to cut the number of elected lawmakers by more than a third, in a reform championed by the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement which could have a profound impact on the political landscape.

The law, which was supported by almost all political parties, calls for the number of seats in the lower house to be reduced to 400 from the current 630, while the upper house Senate will be sliced back to 200 seats from 315.

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