Europe's Other Historic Referendum

The U.K. isn’t the only European country facing a historic referendum that could shape its domestic politics and its relationship with Europe for decades to come. Italians will soon be confronted with these issues, too.

Not to worry: There’s no immediate risk of an Italexit, or Uscitalia, whatever it would be called. Italy’s referendum, scheduled for October, is about part of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s plan to overhaul the country’s political system. But candidates from the country’s second-largest party, the euroskeptic Five Star Movement, have just won mayoral elections in Rome and Turin -- and as the party’s popularity increases, so may the chances for the Brexit-style referendum it favors.