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Address given by Giovanni Gronchi to the Constituent Assembly (24 July 1946)
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Discorsi parlamentari: Gronchi, Giovanni. Roma: Senato della Repubblica-Segretariato Generale-Servizio Studi, 1986, pp. 224-240. Translated by the CVCE.
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Christian Democratic Party, Italy, political situation
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On 24 July 1946, addressing the Constituent Assembly, Giovanni Gronchi, MP and Leader of the Christian Democrats in the Italian Parliament, calls for a vote of confidence in the new De Gasperi government.
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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 >> The Christian Democratic movement
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Speech by Giovanni Gronchi to the Constituent Assembly (24 July 1946)
On the communications from the President of the Council of Ministers (confidence in the second De Gasperi Government) (Constituent Assembly, sitting on 24 July 1946) PRESIDENT : The Honourable Mr Gronchi has asked for the floor. GRONCHI : Honourable Members, the discussions on the Government declarations — apart from what has been said by Mr Palmiro Togliatti — have on the whole been on specific points. In other words, they have focused on various aspects of the Government programme, examining their feasibility and nature, and they have added recommendations or suggestions, in general expressing consensus and confidence. Obviously this practical examination of government policy is of some importance. Woe betide those political classes and governments that raise problems without outlining their solutions in the most tangible of terms! In the practical action of every Ministry I would say that there is a need today for a technical approach, for closeness of contact with reality; without these, it is all too common to lapse into the kind of abstractions in which broad political assemblies like to indulge, but it is no longer the time for ideological reactions or revolutions. The very moderation of the (...) Read more in ENA |
| See also |
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Alcide De Gasperi during the legislative elections (April 1948)
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)
The Christian Democratic movement
Italian poster for the first direct elections to the European Parliament
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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