Matteo Renzi, who served as Italy's prime minister from 2014 to 2016 and became the country's youngest modern head of government at age 39, sat down with France 24 to discuss the current political landscape. Renzi, whose tenure lasted roughly two and a half years — longer than Italy's notoriously short postwar average — resigned after losing a self-imposed referendum on restructuring the Senate, the upper house of parliament. The interview is notable as Renzi remains one of Italy's most prominent political figures and his views continue to carry weight in European centrist circles.