Italy: ex-Prime Minister Enrico Letta takes the head of a Democratic Party in the midst of a crisis
Former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta, in Paris, January 14, 2020. AFP - ERIC PIERMONT
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Former Italian Council President Enrico Letta, ousted from power in February 2014 by Matteo Renzi, was officially elected as General Secretary of the Democratic Party on Sunday March 14.
He ended his functions as dean of the School of International Affairs of Sciences-Po Paris, where he had worked for seven years, to take the head of the center-left party, second in the government led by Mario Draghi.
He succeeds Nicola Zingaretti, who threw in the towel on March 4.
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With our correspondent in Rome,
Anne Le Nir
Enrico Letta, 54,
considered a bit of a reserve for the Italian Republic
, is embarking on a new adventure that does not look easy.
He must give an identity back to the Democratic Party, in the midst of a crisis and which has only been credited with 15% in the polls in recent weeks.
For this, the former
President of the Council
wants to make this center-left force much closer to the citizens than to the elites.
By announcing the first lines of his reform project, he promised that he will fully engage in the battle for gender parity - including within the leadership of the PD - but also for the right to vote. to young people from the age of 16.
He also wants to work for soil law, which still does not exist in Italy.
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