Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi addresses a news conference after the European Union leaders summit in Brussels April 23, 2015. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi suffered a high-profile defection from his ruling Democratic Party (PD) on Wednesday in a first concrete sign that growing internal dissent could lead to a breakaway group leaving the party.
Giuseppe Civati, a former close Renzi ally, announced he was leaving the PD in disagreement with the prime minister who he said had moved the party to the right and was intolerant of internal debate.
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