Word: moros
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...visionary who dreams of a United Europe. But his more immediate concern will be the uniting of Italy itself. The presidential election showed once again the creaky nature of the nation's political system, with its multiplicity of parties. It also produces new strains in Premier Aldo Moro's ruling center-left coalition and among the Christian Democrats, who after 18½ years of ruling Italy, have become more a collection of factions than a coherent political party. True, Italy managed to elect a President without tearing apart the government and forcing new national elections...
...Prime Minister Moro, who leads one of the most insignificant factions of the Christian Democratic Party -and is Prime Minister only because he 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...
...Factions. Moro could not resolve even the relatively minor issue-Parliament's rejection of his proposed $238,000 aid package to private schools-which brought down his last harried government. Still divided, the new government has handed the project over to technicians for "comprehensive" study...
...fact, the only reason Moro's new government was returned to power was that, in the intricate scheme of Italy's nine political parties and the 40 factions boiling within them, no other coalition seemed possible. The only other alternative, calling new nationwide elections, was dismissed for two reasons: most parties are still broke from last year's campaign, and with both inflation and unemployment rising, the democratic parties are afraid that elections might lead to dangerous Communist gains...
...elections may be coming anyway. Some economists believe that Italy will be hit by a major crisis around Christmastime unless Moro gets a firm hold on the economy. Such a crisis, or even a minor crisis like a school-aid bill, could well topple the Cabinet again, and might force President Segni to call the elections no one (except possibly the Reds) really wants...