Premier Matteo Renzi has said
that he sank the executive of his Democratic Party (PD)
colleague Enrico Letta in February because its battery was flat.
Renzi was able to torpedo Letta's government to become
Italy's youngest premier at 39 after winning a PD leadership
primary in December.
The former Florence mayor caused the Letta executive to
collapse just weeks after famously telling his PD colleague to
"be serene" because he did not want his job.
"The Letta government's battery was flat, the engine had
stalled," Renzi said in an interview for a book by Italian
journalist Bruno Vespa, excerpts of which have been released in
advance. "We tried to revive it, but it wasn't possible".
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