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Italy's Elections and Crisis: 14–15 June

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2014

Vincenzo Guizzi
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ITALIAN NATIONAL ELECTIONS WERE HELD ON 14-15 JUNE 1987. They were unexpected as was the resignation of the Prime Minister. It is not easy to explain why Bettino Craxi had to resign as Prime Minister of Italy in March 1987. This is why it will be helpful to review the achievements, crises and unrealised goals of the final years of his government.

Craxi's electoral platform in June 1983 was essentially one of institutional reform and economic recovery. He believed that only in this way would it be possible to create the conditions for the ‘governability’ of Italy and overcome the chronic political instability.

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Government and Opposition , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , 01 October 1987 , pp. 418 - 434
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Copyright © Government and Opposition Ltd 1987

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References

1 Sylos-Labini, Paolo, Le classi sociali negli anni ottanta, Bari, 1986 Google Scholar.

2 Corriere Della Sera, 18 June 1987.