Word: mitteleuropa
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Michelis, who is using his position to pressure some of Italy's allies into supporting the proposal when it comes to a vote. He and his fellow advocates, including his brother Cesare and the business consortium, argue that the fair would transform Venice into the "new capital of Mitteleuropa," a center of communications and research. Half the local population has abandoned the city in the past 40 years, they note, leaving behind a hollow tourist playground built on a crumbling, honeycombed island. Without such an ambitious development plan, De Michelis claims, "Venice will become a Disneyland made for tourists only...