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Address given by Giovanni Gronchi (31 July 1947)
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Discorsi parlamentari: Gronchi, Giovanni. Roma: Senato della Repubblica-Segretariato Generale-Servizio Studi, 1986, pp. 291-305. Translated by the CVCE.
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Italy, settlement of disputes
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On 31 July 1947, addressing the Constituent Assembly, Giovanni Gronchi, MP and Leader of the Christian Democrats in the Italian Parliament, outlines the implications of the adoption of the peace treaty between the Allies and Italy.
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| Location in the digital library |
HISTORICAL EVENTS >> 1945–1949 The pioneering phase >> Europe in ruins in the aftermath of the Second World War >> The political consequences >> Political instability in Western Europe
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Address given by Giovanni Gronchi (31 July 1947)
Draft law: Approval of the Peace Treaty between the Allied and Associated Powers and Italy, signed in Paris on 10 February 1947 (Constituent Assembly, session of 31 July 1947) PRESIDENT : The majority spokesman, Mr Gronchi, has permission to speak. GRONCHI, majority spokesman : Gentlemen, there is certainly a strange atmosphere in this Assembly. An event of such gravity, for the present and above all for the future of our country, finds quarrelsome divisions in this chamber rather than harmonious and impartial judgements, and finds the representatives of the Italian people more concerned with their own political positions than with the position of Italy in this time. So much so, that even the voices which have echoed our sufferings as men, citizens and fathers, have seemed to inspire conventional rhetoric rather than an expression of deep feeling. I hope that the decision which we are about to take may unite us in a higher vision of our duty and our responsibility. At this time and during this discussion, there have been repeated allusions to the advisability of postponements, of delays, which, by enabling us to put off the final decision, might better express this sense of responsibility. I want to (...) Read more in ENA |
| See also |
Marshall Plan: housing project in Italy (1948–1955)
Table comparing the votes cast during ratification of the ECSC Treaty
UNRRA Program for Italy (June 1947)
Italian poster for the first direct elections to the European Parliament
The ECSC levy (1 January 1953 to 31 January 1954)
Reactions in Italy
Proclamation of the Republic in Italy (10 June 1946)
Victory for the Italian Republic (2 June 1946)
Italian national flag
Cartoon by Low on the risks posed by the growth of Communism in France and Italy (14 October 1947)
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