Bloomberg
Italian voters go to the polls until Monday, starting from Sunday, in regional elections that could weaken the
year-old coalition of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte as it struggles to pull the country out of the worst recession in living memory.
Seven of the nation’s 20 regions will choose new legislatures, in addition to mayoral elections across the country and a nationwide referendum on reducing the size of the country’s parliament.
Cutting the number of lawmakers is a core
platform plank for the anti-establishment Five Star Movement, the biggest force in the ruling alliance that also includes the center-left Democratic Party.