Word: effetto
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Many political commentators viewed the results as a national retreat from the left. Perhaps the most significant reason for the Communists' defeat was the loss of the effetto Berlinguer, the sympathy vote for charismatic Communist Party Leader Enrico Berlinguer, who died shortly before the 1984 European Parliament elections. Today the party is led by Ales- sandro Natta, a colorless political veteran. Commentators surmised that the effetto Natta had hurt the party as much as the effetto Berlinguer had previously helped...
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