Democratic Party (PD) leader
Matteo Renzi said Monday that he did not want the centre-left
group to split, while suggesting he was being blackmailed over
the date of a party congress.
"I don't want splits. But if there has to be one, it should
be over ideas, without alibis, and not about the calendar," he
told a PD meeting.
"I have a high idea of the congress and an even higher one of
splits - let's talk about political positions and then we can
split.
"I'd never have contemplated a debate about the calender -
either you have a congress before the election or there's a
split.
"It's a sort of moral blackmail and I'm allergic to
blackmail".
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