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| Italy PM Letta's rival Renzi calls for new government | Italy PM Letta's rival Renzi calls for new government |
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| Matteo Renzi, political rival of Italy's Prime Minister Enrico Letta, has called for a "new government". | Matteo Renzi, political rival of Italy's Prime Minister Enrico Letta, has called for a "new government". |
| Mr Renzi, 39, is the leader of Mr Letta's Democratic Party and made the remarks during a party meeting in Rome. | Mr Renzi, 39, is the leader of Mr Letta's Democratic Party and made the remarks during a party meeting in Rome. |
| There have been days of speculation that Mr Renzi wants to take over the post of prime minister. | There have been days of speculation that Mr Renzi wants to take over the post of prime minister. |
| If Mr Renzi's proposal is approved by the party leadership, analysts say Mr Letta may have to resign as early as Thursday evening. | |
| There is a growing sense that the party is likely to back Mr Renzi, the BBC's Alan Johnston reports from Rome. | |
| Relations between the two men had become increasingly fraught, our correspondent adds. | |
| Mr Letta, 47, formed a coalition with the centre-right last year. | |
| Mr Renzi thanked Mr Letta for his "remarkable work" but said the country could not go in "uncertainty". | Mr Renzi thanked Mr Letta for his "remarkable work" but said the country could not go in "uncertainty". |