ITALY: SOCIALIST PARTY OPENS FOUR-DAY CONFERENCE THAT COULD DETERMINE FUTURE OF ITALIAN POLITICS.

Record ID: 1061412

  • Title: ITALY: SOCIALIST PARTY OPENS FOUR-DAY CONFERENCE THAT COULD DETERMINE FUTURE OF ITALIAN POLITICS.
  • Date: 4th March 1976
  • Summary: 1. GV Delegates entering hall 0.05 2. GV INTERIOR Delegates applaud 0.11 3. SV PAN ALONG Delegates 0.19 4. SV Spanish delegation 0.26 5. SV French and Israeli delegation 0.30 6. SV De Martino rises to applause and walks to dais 0.38 7. SV Delegates clapping 0.43 8. LV & SV De Martino speaking 1.07 9. SV Delegates applaud 1.10 Italy's Socialist Party, regarded as a power-broker between the ruling Christian Democrats and the opposition Communists, opened a four-day conference in Rome on Wednesday and observers say it could determine the future of Italian politics. Having brought down the centre-left government early in the new year, the Socialists paved the way for a minority Christian Democrat administration five weeks later by promising to abstain in parliamentary votes. Party leader Francisco de Martino, delivering the keynote address at the conference, ruled out any alliance between his party and the powerful Italian communists. In a 90-page speech, Signor de Martino said he believed the party's best interests would be served by seeking a new form of co-operation with the long-dominant Christian Democrat Party. He was replaying to a call by his party's rank and file which is pressing for a leftist alternative to 25 years of Christian Democrat rule. Initials CL/2340 CL/2350 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: ROME, ITALY
  • Country: Italy
  • Reuters ID: LVA1ZH9PROJNBNMJWODDTLSL4GC0
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