Matteo Renzi: the limits of doing, by Chris J Bickerton and Carlo Accetti Invernizzi
English edition blogs, 17 February 2014
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Elected leader of Italy’s Democratic Party at the end of last year, Matteo Renzi has now been nominated prime minister, in place of his colleague and former political ally, Enrico Letta. This means Italy will have had three prime ministers nominated without popular mandate in as many years (Monti in 2011, Letta in 2013 and now Renzi in 2014).
The reaction to Letta’s resignation has been mixed. Though his government had lost much of its steam, there has been wide criticism of the manner in which Renzi has taken power.