Word: premiered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Premier is seated at a table in Rome's Palazzo Chigi. Opposite him are three grim labor leaders. They want an immediate $34 monthly pay increase for hospital workers; failing that, 2.5 million public employees will stage a sympathy strike, followed by a crippling one-day general walkout. After six hours of fruitless talks, the Premier has had enough. "No!" he declares angrily. The nation's inflation rate is at 12%. To breach wage guidelines with yet another raise for a major union would destroy the government's efforts to stabilize the economy. Startled by the Premier...
...Confronted with an urgent need for imported petroleum, the Premier flies off to the Middle East to cement Italy's relations with the oil-producing states. After a four-country tour, he succeeds in fostering several economic deals with Libya and Iraq...
...France and West Germany want a European Monetary System to control fluctuations of the Continent's currencies. Italy leans toward joining the EMS, while Britain still ponders the matter. The Premier flies to London for talks with Prime Minister James Callaghan. He persuasively argues that without Britain, the EMS would be incomplete...
...leader in recent Italian history has been able to demonstrate the mastery of persuasiva that Premier Giulio Andreotti routinely employs. Having in a few weeks time derailed a crippling strike, guarded his nation's access to continued oil shipments and committed his monetary policy to the new European plan. Andreotti is being sternly tested once again. Already under attack from within his parliamentary coalition and even from fellow Christian Democrats, he will soon face a crucial vote on his new economic program. If he loses, Italy's fragile coalition government, which relies on the Communists for support, could...
...political persuasions," he says, "if we err, the democratic system itself will be in jeopardy. There will be no democratic opposition for the discontented to turn to." In the end, Andreotti's well-known stubbornness could be the surest safeguard of his power: during his second time as Premier, he suffered 13 consecutive parliamentary defeats before finally agreeing to step down...