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...elect one of their own, the Christian Democrats had to unite behind a single candidate. A party caucus gave the nod to Lawyer Giovanni Leone, but many Christian Democratic Deputies refused to be bound by the decision. Indeed, ex-Premier Amintore Fanfani finally captured more than 100 of the 399 Christian Democratic votes available but withdrew after the eleventh ballot because of the combined pressure of the Vatican and his party chiefs. Fanfani was feared because he is shrewd, inventive (he created the "opening to the left" regime that still rules Italy) and unpredictable...
...predicted that a change in the situation may come if, as he expects, the Italian Communist vote helps elect Fanfani to replace Premier Segni who has just resigned...
Complicated Failure. It was to avoid just such a result, and to "isolate" the Communists, that former Premier Amintore Fanfani created the apertura a sinistra, or opening to the left, in 1962. Fanfani reasoned that by forming a coalition government between his Christian Democrats and the left-wing Socialists of Pietro Nenni, he would 1) rob the Communists of their strongest allies, and 2) give himself room to press for domestic reforms without foot-dragging by conservative parties...
...halt ingly, write with his left hand. But it seemed unlikely that he could ever resume the full duties of President, and the scramble was on for the succession with no clear winner in sight. Among the most likely: former Christian Dem crat Premier and center-left architect Amintore Fanfani; Foreign Minister Giuseppe Saragat, a Social Democrat strongly in favor of European unity; former Foreign Minister Attilio Piccioni, now national president of the Christian Democrats...
...represents the most inoffensive compromise between the others-got absolutely nowhere in his battle to control the whole party. Just the reverse. Because the Christian Democrats' factions are split by ambitions rather than ideology, several top party members are gunning for him. Among them: ex-Premier Armintore Fanfani, Treasury Minister Emilio Colombo, who heads the faction that includes President Antonio Segni...