Word: andreotti
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Italy last week braced itself for yet another government, a new Premier-and a political experiment that made some Italians and their Western democratic friends a little nervous. The government was a monocolore, or one-party Christian Democratic Cabinet, led by Giulio Andreotti, 57, a cool and analytical Roman who in two previous tours has been one of Italy's more effective Premiers. In order to form a minority government in the face of increased Communist strength following the June elections, Andreotti agreed to a parliamentary coalition in which Communists will be able to wield considerable veto power while...
...Stymied, Andreotti and Christian Democratic Party Secretary Benigno Zaccagnini decided to acknowledge shifts of power in Parliament, where Communist strength after the election nearly equalled the Christian Democrats'. Veteran Communist Deputy Pietro Ingrao, 61, in an agreement between parties, was named president of the Chamber of Deputies. And last week the Communists for the first time were awarded seven of 26 parliamentary committee chairmanships, including key posts in economic and fiscal areas. In return, the Communists were expected to allow Andreotti to install his government by abstaining rather than voting against him when he submitted his monocolore Cabinet...
Late in the morning Nixon receives visitors-who in recent months have included Illinois Senator Charles Percy, former Italian Premier Giulio Andreotti and ex-White House Aide Bryce Harlow...
...average life span of Italian governments is only about ten months, but Premier Mariano Rumor's latest Cabinet (his fourth) could not even equal the norm. Formed eight months ago, following the departure of Premier Giulio Andreotti, the Rumor government collapsed last week because of a controversy over inflation controls...
...enough seats in the Chamber of Deputies to run Italy alone, the country of late has been governed by a series of center-left coalitions. The majority of them have included by necessity the small, mildly leftist Republican Party headed by Ugo La Malfa, 70. La Malfa deserted Andreotti in a dispute over state control of cable television. Last week, after a disagreement over fiscal policy, he announced that he would no longer serve as Rumor's Treasury Minister. La Malfa's Republicans followed him out of the coalition, and Rumor had no choice but to resign...