Former European Commission president Romano Prodi has been elected in centre-left primaries to challenge his rival and current prime minister Silvio Berlusconi in Italy’s general elections next May.
The European press reports that Mr Prodi on Sunday (16 October) won a convincing 75 percent support among voters of the Italian centre-left, which had organised the first American-style primaries in Italian history to elect its frontrunner.
The result means Mr Prodi is set to launch ...
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