Matteo Renzi resigned Monday as head of Italy’s Democratic Party following its poor showing in the country’s general election, news reports said. Renzi, a former prime minister, saw his center-left party put in a historically poor showing of less than 20% of the vote. Meanwhile, the leaders of the populist 5 Star Movement and the anti-immigrant League each claimed to have enough support to form a government, but neither won an outright majority, likely leaving Italy to face weeks or months of wrangling.
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