PD postpones crunch meeting after Brexit (2)

(ANSA) - Rome, June 24 - Premier Matteo Renzi's Democratic Party (PD) postponed a crunch national directorate meeting on Friday following the Brexit decision by UK voters to leave the European Union. "The national PD directorate meeting, scheduled for today June 24, is postponed to next week due to the results of the English referendum. New directions for the reconvening of the directorate will follow shortly," said a PD statement. The meeting was expected to be a showdown between Renzi and opponents to many of his policies and his leadership style within the party after the PD performed badly in last weekend's mayor run-offs in many cities, suffering painful losses in Rome and Turin.