Former prime minister Matteo Renzi is poised to break away from the ruling Democ...
ROME - Former prime minister Matteo Renzi is poised to break away from the ruling Democratic Party and set up a new centrist force in an effort to claim the middle ground of Italian politics, two allies said on Sunday.
Renzi, who led a PD administration from 2014-2016, was instrumental in piecing together the new coalition after the far-right League walked out of its previous alliance with 5-Star in the misguided hope of triggering an early election. Renzi, who was only 39 when he became prime minister and has repeatedly chaffed against PD left-wingers, declined to confirm reports of his imminent departure, saying only that he would talk about his plans at a gathering of supporters next month.
“Don’t let us break up, don’t weaken us by splitting the party. Let’s challenge the right united,” he wrote on Twitter.
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