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Urgent: Italian PM announces resignation after defeat in constitutional referendum

Xinhua, December 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on early Monday announced resignation, as exit polls suggested a large defeat in a referendum on cabinet-backed constitutional reform held on Sunday.

"The experience of my government clearly ends here," Renzi told a press conference early on Monday. Endit