Former Italy PM Renzi leads breakaway from PD, still backs government
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Former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced on Tuesday he was leaving the center-left Democratic Party (PD) to set up a new party, in a move that raised tensions in the new ruling coalition and could undermine its stability.