Renzi Has No Need for Berlusconi Votes on Key Senate Overhaul
- Renzi calls reform `a revolution' that would cut costs
- Dissidents in Renzi's Democratic Party oppose measure
Prime Minister Renzi on Italy's Economy, Russia (Full)
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Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said he doesn’t need the support of ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi to overhaul the Italian Senate, despite facing a razor-thin majority that could prove the biggest test for his government to date.
Renzi said in an in New York, where he is attending the General Assembly of the United Nations, that the measure he called "a revolution" would cut the cost of politics and eliminate many of the seats of Italian politicians.