Word: bettino
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Alarm over the narcotics epidemic has ignited a divisive debate over drug laws and the best way to attack the problem. Former Prime Minister Bettino Craxi has called for a drastic reversal of the old law: he wants users punished. "You can't ban the sale of drugs from one side and give freedom to buy them on the other," he argues. Craxi's hard line has drawn fire from liberals, especially Minister for Special Affairs Rosa Russo Jervolino, chief author of a new antidrug law calling for stiffer sentences for traffickers, more support for police, and better rehabilitation programs...
While in 1986 Italy was enjoying the fourth year of stable government under the leadership of Socialist Prime Minister Bettino Craxi, the specter of a return to the "bad old days" now looms large, particularly after the temporary fall of Goria's coalition in November. Laments Treasury Secretary Giuliano Amato: "Item by item, you go through the list of changes, and every plus is now a minus." After Goria offered his resignation, President Francesco Cossiga asked him to try again, and Goria quickly returned to office with a new vote of confidence. But the next political crisis was already waiting...
...elections and their worst showing in 20 years. The Socialists increased their share of the vote by nearly three points, more than any other party, to 14.3%. The Christian Democrats remain the largest party, with 34.3% of the ballots cast, up slightly from 1983. Socialist ex-Premier Bettino Craxi and his archrival, Christian Democratic Leader Ciriaco de Mita, are again expected to go to the mat over which of them should be the new Prime Minister...
Cossiga's move ended a rancorous eight-week search for a successor to the five-party coalition that Bettino Craxi headed for 3 1/2 years. Craxi's government fell apart in March, after months of infighting between his Socialists and the Christian Democrats over which party should hold the premiership. The polemics and the politics surrounding the collapse were so bizarre, said a Milan daily, that "this republic risks dying of ridicule...
Palazzo Chigi, the Renaissance building where Italy's Prime Minister works, is swathed in green netting while workmen repair its deteriorating facade. Last week the government inside was also crumbling. Citing deep rifts in his five- party coalition, Socialist Bettino Craxi resigned as Prime Minister after 3 1/ 2 years, ending Italy's longest postwar government...