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No party for old men? Veltroni excludes De Mita

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Last week PD leader Walter Veltroni made a dramatic move, excluding Ciriaco de Mita from the list of candidates to be presented at the upcoming elections. De Mita, who turned 80 in february, first served in parliament in 1963, has long been a significant voice in the fuzzy waters best termed ‘the centre’, after the [...]