Historic Compromise strategy

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The Historic Compromise strategy was a 1970s political line in Italy in which the Italian Communist Party sought a governing alliance and democratic accommodation with the dominant Christian Democracy to stabilize the country and avoid authoritarian outcomes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian political doctrine
political strategy
aimedFor democratic accommodation between Italian Communist Party and Christian Democracy
governing alliance between Italian Communist Party and Christian Democracy
announcedIn 1973
appliedInDecade 1970s
associatedWithParty Christian Democracy (Italy) NERFINISHED
Italian Communist Party NERFINISHED
concernedInstitution Italian Parliament NERFINISHED
Italian government NERFINISHED
country Italy
declineBegan late 1970s
endedBy shift in Italian Communist Party strategy in the 1980s
historicalSignificance illustrated Eurocommunist acceptance of pluralist democracy
marked peak of Italian Communist Party influence in national politics
ideologicalContext Eurocommunism NERFINISHED
democratic socialism
implementedAs support for national solidarity governments
influencedBy Enrico Berlinguer NERFINISHED
inspiredBy overthrow of Salvador Allende in Chile
keyFigureOnChristianDemocracySide Aldo Moro NERFINISHED
keyProponent Enrico Berlinguer NERFINISHED
languageOfOrigin Italian
motivatedBy fear of military or authoritarian solutions
need to integrate a mass communist party into the democratic system
political instability in Italy
opposedBy Italian far-left groups
Italian far-right groups
anti-communist factions within Christian Democracy
originalName Compromesso storico NERFINISHED
politicalGoal inclusion of the Italian Communist Party in government responsibility
prevention of authoritarian outcomes in Italy
stabilization of the Italian political system
politicalModel broad cross-party coalition
politicalSystemContext Italian First Republic NERFINISHED
proposedBy Italian Communist Party NERFINISHED
region Western Europe NERFINISHED
relatedConcept grand coalition
national solidarity (Italy)
relatedEvent 1973 Chilean coup d'état NERFINISHED
Years of Lead in Italy NERFINISHED
resultedIn parliamentary support of Christian Democratic governments by the Italian Communist Party
soughtTo avoid polarization between left and right in Italy
normalize relations between communists and Catholics in Italian politics
timePeriod mid-1970s
underminedBy kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro NERFINISHED
viewedAs attempt to reform Italian democracy from within

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Italian Communist Party significantEvent Historic Compromise strategy