PD out to win big, avoid coaltion-Renzi (2)

(ANSA) - Rome, October 17 - Democratic Party (PD) leader Matteo Renzi said Tuesday that the centre-left group is aiming to reach the 40% threshold at next year's general election so a grand coalition is not necessary to govern.
    "If the election law (bill in parliament) is approved by the Senate, and let's hope that happens, if a coalition reaches 40%, more or less, it will have the majority and the numbers needed to govern," Renzi said as he kicked off a PD train tour of Italy.
    "We got 40% at the (2014) European elections and that was a good result; we got 40% at the (2016 Constitutional) referendum and that wasn't.
    "We'll see. If you look at the polls, I think it can happen.
    "I'd like to win the elections. We want to exclude the grand coalition option by winning".