Italy's Renzi ratchets up pressure on PM Letta over reforms


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  • Monday, 13 Jan 2014

New elected centre-left Democratic Party (PD) leader Matteo Renzi gestures during his first national meeting in Milan, December 15, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's centre-left leader Matteo Renzi said the next two weeks will be "decisive" for Prime Minister Enrico Letta's government, which has so far struggled to make incisive reforms.

The government is supported by a broad left-right coalition. But since the 39-year-old Renzi was elected last month to lead the Democratic Party (PD) - Letta's own party - he has frequently criticised the government's choices and called for it to accelerate institutional and economic reforms.

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