ROME (Reuters) - Italy's centre-left Democratic Party (PD) is expected to elect as its leader the charismatic mayor of Florence, Matteo Renzi, an outsider who promises both a chance of renewal and a threat to Prime Minister Enrico Letta's already fragile coalition.
The 38-year-old Renzi is overwhelming favourite to win Sunday's primary to appoint a new secretary to lead the largest party in Letta's government. But his suspicion of the old-style left, his undisguised ambition and his brusque dismissal of many on his own side has won him as many enemies as friends.
