Italy's Renzi next to be swept aside by 2016 populist wave?
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi heads into a career-defining constitutional referendum this weekend hoping a last-minute turnaround in voter sentiment will help him hold on to power.
02.12.2016
(AFP) Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi heads into a career-defining constitutional referendum this weekend hoping a last-minute turnaround in voter sentiment will help him hold on to power.
The latest polls point to a defeat for the centre-left leader's proposals to streamline parliament -- an outcome that would cast him as the next victim of the populism that has buffeted global politics in 2016.