Word: nenni
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Christian Democrats, who have ruled Italy most of the time since the war, never wanted to collect the dividend tax from the Vatican, but were under strong pressure from their Socialist coalition partners. Said Socialist Vice-Premier Pietro Nenni early last year: "No Socialist can take the responsibility for giving the Vatican tens of billions of lire." Caught in the crossfire, Christian Democratic Premier Aldo Moro asked the Vatican for a list of all its Italian stockholdings, assuring the Holy
Unroofed Hall. The Christian Democratic Party was both the villain and the victim of the messy election. Enabled to rule Italy only by joining in coalition with Pietro Nenni's Socialists, the Christian Democrats were determined to elect one of their own party President. Antonio Segni, who had resigned in December because of ill health, had shown that the office was not merely ornamental but could also be a position of influence and, on occasion, of real power...
...Christmas Day, the Christian Democratic Party finally faced the fact that it was unable to elect one of its members President. Nor could the party be brought around to backing its Socialist coalition partner, Pietro Nenni. What was obviously needed was a man of the left who was palatable to men of the center and the moderate right. Such a man was Giuseppe Saragat, leader of the Social Democrats, who thought so little of his chances that he had withdrawn his candidacy as early as the seventh ballot. Socialist Pietro Nenni saw the way clear to a reconciliation with Saragat...
...elections. They gained in central Italy, tightened their hold on the "Red belt" of Tuscany, Umbria and Emilia-Romagna, became the biggest party in Florence. The Christian Democrats were off more than 1% from last year, 3% from 1960, and lost 59 provincial council seats throughout the country. The Nenni Socialists slipped badly. Of the minor parties, only the conservative Liberals continued to grow. The party position for the past few years...
Christian Proletarian Unity Democrats Socialists 14.4 5.8 1960 14.2 6.3 1963 11.3 6.6 2.9 1964 Republicans Communists 40.4 4.0 5.9 1.3 38.3 7.0 5.0 1.3 5.0 1.2 37.4 7.9 Nenni Monarchists Socialists 24.3 2.9 1.7 25.6 26.0 0.9 Others Liberals 1.0 0.7 0.8 Social Democrats...