Renzi poised to take helm of Italy’s centre left

(By Christopher Livesay) (ANSA) – Rome, December 6 – Florence Mayor Matteo Renzi’s chances of taking over the center-left in Italy looked as sure as ever Friday as new polls showed he has a big lead going into Sunday’s primaries for the Democratic Party (PD), the country’s biggest party. The charismatic 38-year-old, who has been likened to Tony Blair, got 59% in a survey conducted by the Ix