Enrico Letta, English Version

Enrico Letta (age 46) is the youngest face of Italy’s old politics. A centrist within the Democratic Party (Pd), he is likely to put together a coalition government with the parties of Silvio Berlusconi (age 76) and Mario Monti (age 70), under the close direction of Italy’s newly re-elected president Giorgio Napolitano (age 87). His strengths include the close connections he has carefully built with the most powerful players, both internationally – the US government, the EU, international finance, the Trilateral Commission, etc. – and at home – Italian business and banks, the Vatican, the political and media élite (details...