Italy’s Renzi admits politicized referendum led to loss

‘Italy’s former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has admitted that his policy of politicizing a recent referendum on constitutional reform was a big mistake.
“We lost, we ultra-lost. We lost among young people, particularly the 30- to 40-year-olds. We lost at home and that hurts,” said Renzi on Sunday while addressing lawmakers from his center-left Democratic Party (PD).
The 41-year-old, who stepped down after Italians overwhelmingly rejected his package of reforms in the December 4 ballot, admitted that his gamble on the results of the votes was a great mistake.’
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