Italy’s referendum on citizenship and labour laws fails due to low turnout

Italy’s referendum on citizenship and labour laws failed on Monday, due to low voter turnout.

Italians headed to the polls over two days to vote on five proposals to provide more job protections, and to ease access to citizenship for children born in Italy to foreigners. 

The vote needed to reach a 50% plus one participation threshold to be legally validated, but official data on Monday evening showed that turnout hovered around only…