Letta Resists Pressure to Quit Premiership After Meeting Renzi
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Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta signaled he will resist pressure from allies to resign, proposing instead to bring his fraying coalition back together with a new policy agenda.
The announcement of a new program, to be presented at 6 p.m. in Rome, was made by Letta’s office after the 47-year-old premier met Matteo Renzi, his party’s chief. Letta and Renzi, 39, have been locked in a power struggle that prompted calls for Letta to step aside and allow the party chief to take over.