Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi takes part in an informal meeting of European Union heads of state and government in Valletta, Malta, November 12, 2015. REUTERS/Yves Herman
ROME (Reuters) - The governing Democratic Party (PD) has been sucked deeper into Italy's vortex of corruption scandals with the governor of one of its most populous regions coming under fire in a further embarrassment for Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
The latest affair, involving alleged trading of favours with a judge in the southern city of Naples, came a few weeks after the mayor of Rome, also a PD member, was forced to resign over allegations that he fiddled his dining expenses.
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