Rome Abuzz With Election Talk as Renzi Plots Return to Power
- Ex-premier’s Democratic Party prepares new government program
- Renzi and his party want elections as soon as possible
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Matteo Renzi has been out of office for little more than a month, but he’s already planning a comeback.
Far from relaxing in his Tuscan homeland, Renzi was back in Rome this week to kick off what one senior official called an election campaign with a round of meetings at his party’s headquarters to prepare a manifesto to keep his populist challengers in the Five Star Movement at bay.