Renzi grabs power in Italy without election


  • World
  • Friday, 14 Feb 2014

Italy's centre-left Democratic Party (PD) leader Matteo Renzi gestures as he appears as a guest on the RAI television show Porta a Porta (Door to Door) in Rome January 21, 2014. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

ROME (Reuters) - Italian centre-left leader Matteo Renzi is young, dynamic and has never shied away from a challenge, but his decision to force party colleague Enrico Letta to resign as prime minister is a huge political gamble.

Renzi is certain to be asked by the president to form a government after Letta hands in his resignation on Friday.

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