Newly elected Democratic party (PD) general secretary, Florence’s Mayor Matteo Renzi gives a press conference on December 9, 2013 at the PD (Democratic Party) headquarters in Rome. Renzi won a resounding victory yesterday in the race to lead Italy’s centre-left Democratic Party, part of the coalition government. The 38-year-old Renzi, who just a year ago was a virtual unknown in Italian politics, trounced rivals Gianni Cuperlo, a party apparatchik, and Giuseppe “Pippo” Civati with around 68 percent of the vote. AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTO (Photo credit should read VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images)
