2. Italian government passes a law that reduces the number of seats in the lower house to 400 from the previous 630, while the upper house Senate is sliced back to 200 seats from 315; the law comes into force at the election this year.

Italian government passes a law that reduces the number of seats in the lower house to 400 from the previous 630, while the upper house Senate is sliced back to 200 seats from 315; the law comes into force at the election this year.