la Repubblica paris is the Paris Edition of the Italian daily general-interest newspaper. It was founded in 1976 in Rome by Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso led by Eugenio Scalfari and Carlo Caracciolo and Arnoldo Mondadori Editore . Born as a radical leftist newspaper,  it has been moderated to a milder center-left political stance. It lately assumed a liberal position and a general support view of Democrat, former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.