'Time for serious PD talks' says Bersani

(ANSA) - Rome, February 27 - Ex Democratic Party (PD) chief Pier Luigi Bersani told RAI public radio Friday that it's time for the party to engage in a serious internal debate. "It's time to talk seriously, and not in sound bites. We're changing the shape of our democracy and that's no small thing," he said of Premier Matteo Renzi's proposed Constitutional reforms. Bersani told L'Avvenire newspaper in an interview that he would boycott Friday's PD meeting, which was convened by the premier to discuss his reforms - including his Jobs Act - which are opposed by a dissenting internal leftwing minority.
    Bersani ceded leadership of the party to Renzi 15 months ago.