Italian referendums, 1981
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Five nationwide referendums were held in Italy
on 17 May 1978. All were rejected by the electors.
. A first referendum was called by the Radical Party, which asked more liberalization abolishing all the remaining limits to the free choice of the women.
Italian voters had to say yes if they wanted to abolish all the limits to abortion, or no if they want to maintain it. The referendum had a turnout of 79.4%.
A second referendum was called by the Christian Democracy and the Catholic Church and its related movements for life against the Law 194, trying to restore the legal impossibility of abortion in Italy.
Italian voters had to say yes if they wanted to abolish abortion, or no if they want to defend it. The referendum had a turnout of 79.4%.
Even if both referendums were rejected, and the percentages of support of the catholic question was higher than the percentages of the radical one, the combined result of the two votes was generally seen as a victory of the Radical Party, which won at least one referendum in a country generally considered highly influenced by the Vatican City
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. The referendum was called by the Radical Party and it found only a low support by the Italian Socialist Party
.
Italian voters had to say yes if they wanted to abolish the law about the police powers, or no if they want to defend it. The referendum had a turnout of 79.4%.
The referendum was rejected by the Italian electors, following the positions of all the parties of the so-called Constitutional Arch
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as the higher condamnation for crimes.
Italian voters had to say yes if they wanted to abolish life imprisonment, or no if they want to maintain it. The referendum had a turnout of 79.4%.
The referendum was rejected by the Italian electors, which considered life imprisonment as a limit for crimes.
can give to some high-risking Italian citizens, so to create a country without private guns.
Italian voters had to say yes if they wanted to abolish these licences, or no if they want to defend it. The referendum had a turnout of 79.4%.
The referendum was rejected by the Italian electors, which considered a necessity for some citizens to hold guns.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
on 17 May 1978. All were rejected by the electors.
Abortion referendums
Two opposite referendums were held about the new Law 194, which had legalized the abortion in ItalyItaly
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. A first referendum was called by the Radical Party, which asked more liberalization abolishing all the remaining limits to the free choice of the women.
Italian voters had to say yes if they wanted to abolish all the limits to abortion, or no if they want to maintain it. The referendum had a turnout of 79.4%.
| Rejecting abortion limits 3,588,995 (11.6%) |
Confirming abortion limits 27,395,909 (88.4%) |
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A second referendum was called by the Christian Democracy and the Catholic Church and its related movements for life against the Law 194, trying to restore the legal impossibility of abortion in Italy.
Italian voters had to say yes if they wanted to abolish abortion, or no if they want to defend it. The referendum had a turnout of 79.4%.
| Rejecting abortion 10,119,797 (32.0%) |
Confirming abortion 21,505,323 (68.0%) |
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Even if both referendums were rejected, and the percentages of support of the catholic question was higher than the percentages of the radical one, the combined result of the two votes was generally seen as a victory of the Radical Party, which won at least one referendum in a country generally considered highly influenced by the Vatican City
Vatican City
Vatican City , or Vatican City State, in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano , which translates literally as State of the City of the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of...
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Police powers referendum
A third referendum was held about the Reale Law, which had been yet object of a referendum in 1978Italian referendums, 1978
Two nationwide referendums were held in Italy on 11 June 1978. Both were rejected by the electors.-Police powers referendum:A first referendum was held about the Reale Law, which had been approved by the Parliament in 1975 and defined the powers and engagement of the Italian police during riots or...
. The referendum was called by the Radical Party and it found only a low support by the Italian Socialist Party
Italian Socialist Party
The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II...
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Italian voters had to say yes if they wanted to abolish the law about the police powers, or no if they want to defend it. The referendum had a turnout of 79.4%.
| Rejecting police powers 4,636,809 (14.9%) |
Confirming police powers 26,524,667 (85.1%) |
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The referendum was rejected by the Italian electors, following the positions of all the parties of the so-called Constitutional Arch
Constitutional Arch
The term Constitutional arch was conceived and used in the Italian political debate during the first fifty years of the Italian Republic. This expression linked the Italian political parties which had been actors in the drafting and approval of the Italian Constitution of 1948.The arch therefore...
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Life imprisonment referendum
A forth referendum was called by the Radical Party asking popular rejection to life imprisonmentLife imprisonment
Life imprisonment is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime under which the convicted person is to remain in jail for the rest of his or her life...
as the higher condamnation for crimes.
Italian voters had to say yes if they wanted to abolish life imprisonment, or no if they want to maintain it. The referendum had a turnout of 79.4%.
| Rejecting life imprisonment 7,114,719 (22.6%) |
Confirming life imprisonment 24,330,954 (77.4%) |
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The referendum was rejected by the Italian electors, which considered life imprisonment as a limit for crimes.
Gun licence referendum
The last referendum was called by the Radical Party asking popular rejection to the licence to hold guns which the policePolice
The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...
can give to some high-risking Italian citizens, so to create a country without private guns.
Italian voters had to say yes if they wanted to abolish these licences, or no if they want to defend it. The referendum had a turnout of 79.4%.
| Rejecting gun licence 4,423,426 (14.1%) |
Confirming gun licence 26,995,173 (85.9%) |
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The referendum was rejected by the Italian electors, which considered a necessity for some citizens to hold guns.