Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi arrives to meet Spain's King Felipe at the Chigi Palace in Rome November 19, 2014. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's party closed ranks around the mayor of Rome on Sunday amid an investigation into mafia corruption in the capital that has prompted opposition calls for him to resign.
Last week prosecutors in Rome arrested 37 people and put dozens of others under investigation for their involvement in a mafia-like system of corruption allegedly run by Rome's former mayor, Gianni Alemanno.
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