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The leader of the Italian Democratic Party (PD) Elly Schlein takes part in a gathering called by the leaders of Italy's three main opposition parties together for the first time to protest against the constitutional reforms planned by the ultraconservative majority in power in Italy, on June 18, 2024 in Rome. The placard reads 'On this anti-fascist constitution you have sworn'. The leaders of the Democratic Party (PD, centre-left), the 5 Stars Movement (M5S, former anti-system party) and Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra (AVS, left wing) denounced the reforms, which they said would divide the country between the rich north and the disadvantaged south, strip parliament of its powers and jeopardise the independence of the judiciary system. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)