Word: prodi
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...curb inflation, Prodi said, the government requires support of the labor unions which have strong Communist ties. This link has given the Communist Party a strong bargaining position...
Despite their control of 30 per cent of the popular vote, the Communists have been kept out of government coalitions in post-war Italy, Prodi said. "Over the years, the Communist Party has been too strong to be out of the government and too weak to be in it. It's a sort of paradox...
...Prodi says he is convinced that with a "clear economic policy," thus far prevented by tenuous coalitions, the government can solve mounting problems of capital outflow and 15 per cent annual inflation...
Should economic problems continue to grip the nation, the current crisis could result in revolution and this is a primary concern for Prodi. However, after economic stresses subside, Italy faces "a challenge no other countries have" in controlling the social unrest which accompanies inflation, he said...
...Italy is the only West European nation where factory owners and workers are of the same nationality. In other countries the humblest workers are foreigners; in Italy they are Italians," Prodi said...