Outgoing European Commission President Romano Prodi has called for primary elections in Italy, in the US style, to choose the person who will head Italy’s centre-left Ulivo coalition ahead of the next elections.
Although Mr Prodi ends his term as Commission head in October, he has for months been preparing his entry into the Italian domestic political scene, and has said he will launch his campaign immediately after his term in Brussels ends.
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