Ex-premier Matteo Renzi said
Wednesday night there could be no alliance with those who have
"betrayed" his Democratic Party (PD), referring to a breakaway
group called the Progressive and Democratic Movement (MDP).
Speaking at a TV debate on Sky with his rivals for the PD
leadership, Justice Minister Andrea Orlando and Puglia Governor
Michele Emiliano, Renzi said he was in favour of an electoral
law with a winner's bonus but would not rule out a grand
coalition with centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi if no one
wins.
Both Orlando and Emiliano attacked him for this, and also for
ruling out an alliance with the MDP and a wealth tax, which they
both favored.
Most commentators in Thursday's press said Renzi, who holds a
big poll lead for his re-election as PD leader going into
Sunday's primaries, had shaded the debate with, for him, an
unusually sober and buttoned-down style.
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