Renzi Buries Italy’s Fragile Coalitions With Electoral Overhaul
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Prime Minister Matteo Renzi overhauled Italy’s election system on Monday in a bid to deliver more stable governments and bolster the economy in the face of the longest recession on record.
Renzi, Italy’s third premier since Silvio Berlusconi was forced out in late 2011 at the height of the debt crisis, staked his political future on the electoral law. The premier threatened to quit if the law was rejected by the chamber of deputies, or lower house in Rome.