Florence Mayor to Challenge PD Party Leader in Italy Primary
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Florence Mayor Matteo Renzi said he’ll challenge Pier Luigi Bersani, head of the Democratic Party, in the party’s leadership primary before Italian elections, in a bid to become the country’s next prime minister.
“I am trying to change Italy, not the Democratic Party,” Renzi, 37, said today in Verona in a speech broadcast by Sky TG24 television. Italy, led by Prime Minister Mario Monti’s unelected government, is due to hold national elections by April.