Is Matteo Renzi ready to be the next Italian prime minister?

As Matteo Renzi edges closer to becoming the next Italian prime minister, Dario Thuburn looks at his meteoric rise to national politics

Is Matteo Renzi ready to be the next Italian prime minister?

AGED just 39, Italy’s brash centre-left leader Matteo Renzi could be in line to be the next prime minister with a wave of support from Italians who seem to like his brand of plain-speaking and web-savvy politics.

Elected leader of the Democratic Party in December, the photogenic former boy scout is liked because he has never been in government or parliament on a national political scene tainted by corruption scandals.

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