Italy’s tourism minister resigns amid turmoil from referendum failure

<p>Giorgia Meloni made public request for Daniela Santanchè to quit in effort to restore credibility after voters rejected judicial reform</p><p>Italy’s embattled tourism minister has resigned, heeding a call to step down as the prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, strives to restore credibility after a bruising defeat in a referendum that has thrown her far-right government into turmoil.</p><p>The resignation on Wednesday of Daniela Santanchè, a prominent and brash member of Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party, came after the prime minister took the unusual step of calling in a public statement for her to go.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/25/italy-tourism-minister-daniela-santanche-resigns">Continue reading...</a>