Beppe Grillo in Trieste, 2013. Flickr/Triesteprima It. Some tights reserved. On the eve of the Italian Referendum for the proposed reform of its Constitution, I feel the urge to write this last appeal to convince my many undecided fellow Italian citizens:
For the good of both Italy and the European Union, I urge you not to do any political bargaining on your constitution but rather to make a decision based on the merit of the actual constitutional reform and whether you agree or disagree with it.
It would be wrong to give a Yes vote that infringes upon your beliefs in exchange for a supposed Italian and even European short term political stability. Indeed, unlike Mr Renzi’s strategy of personalizing this vote by turning the referendum campaign into an endorsement of his unelected government, you should remember to distinguish between Mr Renzi’s political fate and the Constitutional reforms. It is the latter you have to decide upon, as constitutional change does and should go beyond normal party politics and its short-sighted calculations.
