ROME (AFP) – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s crushing defeat in a constitutional reform referendum cost him his job. What went wrong?
Renzi was nicknamed the “demolition man” when he snatched power in 2014 for his reputation for taking on the establishment, but his popularity slipped in the months leading up to the ballot.
His bullish style came to be seen as arrogance, including by some slighted grandees of his own party, and many Italians accused him of being in league with Brussels, fat cats and the banking sector.
More details in Tuesday’s Borneo Bulletin.
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