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Article: Rebellion in the ranks. (Italian politics)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- January 5, 1991
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THE grand old men of Italy's Christian Democratic Party may be in for a shock. Politics as they know it-the system that has kept them in power for the past 45 years-is being challenged by two younger men from their own party.
Mario Segni, a professor of law and Sardinian member of parliament, is the chief promoter of three referendums on electoral reform that are intended to reshape Italian politics. Even the threat of these reforms may be enough to bring the government down. The Christian Democratic prime minister, Giulio Andreotti, is afraid that his Socialist coalition partners will walk out on him if the referendums look like going ahead this ...
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