dieugeni@unagi.cis.upenn.edu (Barbara Di Eugenio) (03/30/91)
Un amico (non Italiano) mi ha appena riferito questa notizia. C'e nessuno che ne sa qualcosa in piu'? Barbara
giua@ecse.rpi.edu (Alessandro Giua) (04/02/91)
I am posting this article for Bruno Di Stefano (stefano@ecf.toronto.edu) ********************** In article <40087@netnews.upenn.edu> dieugeni@unagi.cis.upenn.edu (Barbara Di Eugenio) writes: >Un amico (non Italiano) mi ha appena riferito >questa notizia. C'e nessuno che ne sa qualcosa in piu'? > >Barbara reprinted without permission from The Globe and Mail: Italian PM's resignation may prompt election ROME - Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti resigned yesterday as head of Italy's 49th postwar government, plunging Italy into a crisis that could lead to early national elections. The crisis is likely to delay approval of urgently needed measures to rein in runaway public spending and also delay cuts in the country's key interest rate. Mr. Andreotti, 72, a Christian Democrat and the grand old man of Italian politics, handed his resignation to President Francesco Cossiga after addressing the Senate. Mr. Cossiga's staff at the Quirinale Palace said the President reserved his decision on whether to accept the resignation - a normal course - and asked Mr. Andreotti to be caretaker prime minister. Mr. Andreotti's 20-month-old government was doomed on Thursday, when the Socialists, the coalition's second-largest grouping, said they would not accept a cabinet reshuffle to end squabbling among ministers. Socialist leader Bettino Craxi has called for a new government program to lead the country to the end of the parliamentary term in 1992. He has demanded tough measures to curb the growth of organized crime, get a grip on public spending and meet the challenge of a European single market after 1992. Mr. Andreotti, who has headed six governments in his long political career, will most probably be asked to form a new government with the same five parties. If he or another candidate fails, Mr. Cossiga may be forced to call a general election. __ Bruno Di Stefano stefano@ecf.toronto.edu