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) ⓘ
Italian Communist Party ⓘ
concernedInstitution Italian Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Italy

Italian government ⓘ
linked to: Government of Italy
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 ⓘ
democratic socialism ⓘ
implementedAs support for national solidarity governments ⓘ
influencedBy Enrico Berlinguer ⓘ
inspiredBy overthrow of Salvador Allende in Chile ⓘ
keyFigureOnChristianDemocracySide Aldo Moro ⓘ
keyProponent Enrico Berlinguer ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
proposedBy Italian Communist Party ⓘ
region Western Europe ⓘ
relatedConcept grand coalition ⓘ
national solidarity (Italy) ⓘ
relatedEvent 1973 Chilean coup d'état ⓘ
Years of Lead in Italy ⓘ
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 ⓘ
viewedAs attempt to reform Italian democracy from within ⓘ

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Italian Communist Party → significantEvent → Historic Compromise strategy ⓘ