Referendum, qb (as much as is needed)?

As in culinary recipes. It takes just the right amount: just enough. So on June 8 and 9, 25 million Italians are needed at the polls to reach the quorum. But there are many combinations: you go to vote by withdrawing one of the five ballots or all five or a number of your choice. Just enough. But being there to wave goodbye with your little hand without even one of the five ballots in your hand has never been seen before.

Then they vote 5 Yes or 5 No or one Yes and one No. The political forces in their diversity of opinions go from one Yes and one No (alternating) in the questions on work to all No on work (4 No) to all Yes (4+1) to then arrive anyway at the Yes on citizenship (which is the indication of Matteo Renzi and Carlo Calenda ).

The evaluation of the Jobs Act (which these referendums want to hit) is at stake in the Yes, No, Nì referendum. But there is something beautiful about the republican faith – and yesterday was the Republic Day. We should rejoice, rather than the cleverness of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on I am/I am not, present/absent in the referendums. Going to the polls, expressing one's opinion, knowing that it counts and makes a difference, should not seem real. It should be dear to everyone. To women. To young people. To workers who no longer have a job. To those who have a precarious job. To those who have had a colleague who lost his life working and who is no longer found by going up the chain of responsibility because it is all a buck-passing. To those who, fired through no fault of their own, cannot appeal to be rehired but only to be compensated. It is question number one, the one on article 18. To those who want their job to be more secure and more certain.

But even if all the labor law that exists were good and therefore there was no need to touch work, layoffs, subcontracting and safety, a stroke of the pen to count, to say "hey, I'm here, be careful what you do", is it worth it, or not? And even more so to have your say on citizenship, showing that for 30 years minuets have been played on the skin of foreign women, men and children deluded with citizenship close by and then always moving away. It takes 10 years after the application.

The Italian Republic is beautiful. Noble and proud: it reminds us of the head of state, Sergio Mattarella . On the eve of the referendum, it doesn't matter who votes for what, but going to the polls to try to perfect it can be a good recipe. Without making fun of it. Just enough.