Word: christian
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Thanks. Wehner succeeded so well that in the 1965 national elections, even though the ruling Christian Democrats carried the day, the Social Democrats attracted a high enough percentage of the votes-39.3%-to give them serious thoughts about some day coming to power. In December 1966, Wehner led his party into a coalition with the Christian Democrats as its final preparation in the art of government...
...foreign policy toward the East Bloc, and presented the first full-scale revision of Germany's outmoded penal code in a century. Ironically, Social Democrats got no thanks from the West German voters, who seem to give the credit for the Grand Coalition's successes to the Christian Democrats. In fact, by joining the government, the Social Democrats have sacrificed the protest vote, which has ominously shifted mainly to the far-right National Democrats. In the past 15 months, the Social Democrats have lost ground in six successive state elections, slipping to a bare 29% of the vote...
...minister for aid to developing countries, he will take over from Wehner the responsibility for getting the party into shape for next year's national elections. The appointment also meant that the Social Democrats, who under Wehner's influence have played down their differences with the Christian Democrats in the Grand Coalition, now intend to play them up in order to impress voters with what they are doing in Bonn. Explained Brandt: "In Germany, when the Social Democrats have a slight cold, it can turn into a serious pneumonia for democracy"-a reference to the fact that...
Despite the drubbing his Socialist Party took at the polls three weeks ago, Socialist Leader Pietro Nenni saw no alternative to limping back into the Center Left coalition with the Christian Democrats for another five-year term. The party, however, had other ideas for regaining working-class support and recovering its voting losses. Overriding Nenni, Socialist delegates voted to stay out of the Center Left alliance until the Christian Democrats gave a firm commitment to carry out the leftist reforms in housing conditions, higher education and social welfare that they had promised-but not delivered-in the previous government...
Such a course would not quite leave Italy ungoverned, for the 91 Socialist Deputies say that they are prepared to vote on major issues with the minority Christian Democratic administration. Then, if the Christian Democrats come through with more social and economic reforms, the Socialists promise they will consider returning to the fold at their party congress next October. Center Left Leader Aldo Moro thus far has refused to govern with a Socialist pistol at his head, so last week President Guiseppe Saragat began seeking a more willing candidate-or a better solution to the deadlock...