内容摘要：He also said his party would "go further on welfare reform" and pointed to its plans to cut £12bn from the welfare budget.

He also said his party would "go further on welfare reform" and pointed to its plans to cut £12bn from the welfare budget.

The reform would affect long-term foreign residents already employed in Italy: from those on factory production lines in the north to those caring for pensioners in plush Rome neighbourhoods.Their children aged under 18 would also be naturalised.

Up to 1.4 million people could qualify for citizenship immediately, with some estimates ranging higher."These people live in Italy, study and work and contribute. This is about changing the perception of them so they are not strangers anymore - but Italian," argues Taibi.The reform would also have practical implications.

As a non-Italian, Sonny cannot apply for a public sector job, and even struggled to get a driving license.When he was booked for hit reality TV show Fame Island last year, he ended up arriving two weeks late on set in Honduras because he had had so many problems getting the right paperwork.

For a long time, Meloni ignored the referendum entirely.

Italy's publicly owned media, run by a close Meloni ally, have also paid scant attention to the vote.When Trump announced sweeping tariffs on imports from a number of countries earlier this year, China was the hardest hit. Beijing responded with its own higher rates on US imports, and this triggered tit-for-tat increases that peaked at 145%.

In May, talks held in Switzerland led to a temporary truce that Trump called a "total reset".It brought US tariffs on Chinese products down to 30%, while Beijing slashed levies on US imports to 10% and promised to lift barriers on critical mineral exports.

The agreement gave both sides a 90-day deadline to try to reach a trade deal.But since then, relations appeared to have soured. Last month,