Enrico Letta

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  Italian Prime Minister Faces Uphill Struggle Over Google Tax Plan

  Predecessor Enrico Letta floated such a tax in 2013, but Renzi ditched the project when he took office the following year.

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  Ex-Italian Premier Enrico Letta Quits Parliament

  Former Italian prime minister Enrico Letta announced Sunday he will resign from parliament for a job heading up the international affairs school at the elite Sciences-Po university in Paris.

• Italy's Matteo Renzi wins final confidence vote, pledging reform

  Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi won a final parliamentary vote of confidence on Tuesday after pledging to slash red tape and "revolutionise" the economy.

• New Italy PM Matteo Renzi wins confidence vote, vows 'radical change'

  Prime Minister Matteo Renzi called for a "radical and immediate change" in recession-hit Italy as he outlined his new government's reform agenda before winning a crucial confidence vote in the Senate early on Tuesday.

• Italy's new PM Matteo Renzi faces first parliamentary test

  Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi faces his first test before a fractious national parliament when he goes before the Senate on Monday.

• Italy's new Matteo Renzi government is also young

  Matteo Renzi became Italy's youngest premier on Saturday, promising a new era of stable government after using old-school politicking to engineer the ouster of a fellow Democrat he deemed too timid to get the nation back to work.

• Italy's Matteo Renzi sworn in as Prime Minister

  Italian centre-left leader Matteo Renzi took office on Saturday as his country's youngest Prime Minister, facing pressure to show immediate results after he forced out his predecessor over the slow pace of economic reforms.

• Matteo Renzi set to become Italy's youngest prime minister

  Centre-left leader Matteo Renzi was set to be nominated as Italy's youngest prime minister in a matter of days after a party coup forced Enrico Letta to resign as premier of the euro zone state struggling to pull out of recession.

• Italy's Matteo Renzi to be PM nominee after Enrico Letta resigns

  Italian President Giorgio Napolitano began meeting political leaders on Friday after Prime Minister Enrico Letta's resignation, with leftist leader Matteo Renzi virtually certain to win the nomination to succeed him.

• World shares dip after five-day rally, Italy politics weigh in Europe

  In Europe, the fading momentum was compounded by fresh political uncertainty in Italy where Prime Minister Enrico Letta defied pressure to make way for the centre-left leader Matteo Renzi.

• Italian marines case may impact ties with India: European Union

  The European Union (EU) is following the Italian marines case in India "very closely" and any decision on the issue may impact bilateral ties.

• Silvio Berlusconi and Italy's left head strike electoral reform deal

  Silvio Berlusconi has returned to the political scene after a tax fraud conviction, striking a deal with the leader of the largest centre-left party on electoral reform that could give Italy badly needed stability.

• Arresting me would incite revolution in Italy, says Silvio Berlusconi

  Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, said on Thursday revolution would break out if he were arrested and thrown in prison.

• Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta wins confidence votes, vows reforms

  Italy's Prime Minister Enrico Letta won a confidence vote in the Senate on Wednesday, confirming his government's majority after promising sweeping reforms.

• Silvio Berlusconi expelled from Italian parliament over tax fraud

  The Italian Senate expelled Silvio Berlusconi over his tax fraud conviction on Wednesday.