Word: centerleft
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Dates: during 1968-1968
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Instant Replay. The latest crisis is rooted in the 1963 decision by the Italian Socialist party to break its postwar alliance with the Communists and join the Christian Democrats in a centerleft coalition, the much-discussed apertura a sinistra, or opening to the left. In the Socialists' opinion, the opening never came, because the government proved to be more center than left. The Socialists complained that the Christian Democrats never delivered on promised economic and social reforms. As a result, in May's general election, the Socialists lost one-quarter of their votes to the extreme left...
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