The Senate approved the constitutional reform that gives 18-year-olds the vote to elect the Senate.
With this vote, Parliament definitively approved the reform that will be promulgated in three months to allow for a confirmatory referendum, given that two-thirds are missing from the Chamber.
178 senators voted in favor of the reform, 15 voted against and 30 abstained. This reform will come into force from the next political elections and will ensure, as explained by the rapporteur Dario Parrini, president of the Constitutional Affairs Commission, that the two chambers have the same electoral base and therefore that they have the same political majorities. Almost 4 million young people, between 18 and 24 years old, will be involved in this constitutional change by purchasing the active electorate for the Senate.