Even in the rough-and-tumble of Italian politics, tough, indefatigable Amintore Fanfani excelled at infighting. Seven months ago, when the Chamber of Deputies with only seven votes to spare invested him Premier, it seemed that he had at last achieved his ambition. He was a man with three crucial jobs: Premier, Foreign Minister, boss of the Christian Democratic Party. But last week, his triumph reduced to ashes, Amintore Fanfani renounced all his jobs and his dream.
Immediate cause of Fanfani's downfall was a split inside his coalition partner, the Social Democrats, without whose...
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