ROME (Reuters) - Italy's market regulator sparked a political storm on Thursday when he told parliament that an ally of former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi had spoken to him in 2014 about the fate of a struggling bank where her father was a board member.
The case is highly sensitive ahead of elections due early next year. Renzi's ruling Democratic Party (PD) is already sliding in opinion polls.
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