A twelve-part abrogative referendum was held in
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
on 11 June 1995.
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...
& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1048 Voters were asked whether they approved of the repealing (or partial repealing) of laws on union representation, union dues, collective contracts for public sector workers, internal exile for
mafia
"Mafia" is an informal term that is used to describe criminal organizations that bear a strong similarity to the original “Mafia”, the Sicilian Mafia and Italian Mafia. The central activity of such an organization would be the arbitration of d ...
members, public ownership of
RAI
RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana (; commercially styled as Rai since 2000; known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane) is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many ter ...
, concessions for television channels, advertising breaks during films, television publicity, commercial licensing, local council elections and shopping hours.
[Nohlen & Stöver, pp1059-1060] Only five of the twelve proposals were passed.
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Results
Repealing of the law on union representation
Partial repealing of the law on union representation
Repealing of the law on the direct deduction of union dues from employees' salaries
Repealing of the law on collective contracts for public sector workers
Repealing of the law on the internal exile of mafia members
Repealing of the law on public ownership of RAI
If approved, this proposal would allow for the partial privatisation of RAI.[
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Repealing of the law regulating commercial licences
This proposal would limit ownership of television channels to one per person. This was denounced by Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi ( ; ; born 29 September 1936) is an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy in four governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies ...
(who owned three channels) as a "post-Communist plot".[
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Repealing of the law on television channel concessions
Repealing of the law allowing advertising breaks during films
This proposal would have restricted advertising breaks during the screening of films on television.[
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Repealing of the law allowing television publicity grouping
This proposal would restrict advertising agencies to controlling the advertising of just two channels. This would stop Publitalia from selling advertising space in all three channels owned by Berlusconi.[EUROPE : Italy Referendum Targets Berlusconi, TV : Former premier fights four proposals to restructure system and restrict ownership of channels. Billionaire could suffer huge losses]
Los Angeles Times, 9 June 1995
Repealing of the law on shop opening hours
Repealing of the law on local council elections
References
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