governing Christian Democrats.
book of dreams.
HOS MINISEET ATE LIC STODOSE on public order The Christias Democrats have long been look workers movement collaborating with leaders. But in this accord they have The Communist Party IPCA has put its name to an extension -polite Bowers or surveilene inchiding phone tapping and detention, a righrening sp gent prison spszem.
The proposals on the press comt in the same direction. The independent radio stations, many a which are favourable to ar left, are to he 'terulated foretaste "regulation' provided when the state closed LOWE CITIN RHAD ATLE "A book of dreams' was how Amintore Fanfani, the leader of the Christian Democratic right, described it. L'Unita, the Communist Party paper, on the other hand, devoted hundreds of column inches last week to a presentation of the most important points of its party's agreement with the Not many Italians will get round to reading the 57 tightly printed pages, but the accord will have implications which will affect all of them. RICHARD CARVER reviews the during the recent in Bologna. The PCI's voice of protest was not to be heard.
Both the order protein marily the threat from the left of the PCI, above education proposals themselves more explicitly to tbat problems. In essence they are an endorsment of the Malfatti refwhich provoked student unrest in the tirst place.
The side peptice toe of the student population. student moveibent 1960% managed to selection procodures in higher educatian, creating the opportuthe nity for more working Prote so tartage is har of t was advantage is hardly the word. Possibly BRIOD OCTEL jobless, af whom 40 per cut are craduates. Youth unemnlayment in the 15-24 age range as a whole is 64 per cent. launchod scheme which has had about the dazaling British comterpart Now it is bent as an excuse university entry. turvy ratloonle for creating more obless who, if they cavers, are not entitled to beneis Tor cutune state concation confrontation spending: and, weeding out the 'troublemakers and eroding the limited gains on and public working class entry. are aimed pri emerging STOCK EXCHANGE address of sockhrokers -bich closed all stock exchange part from the discuption of th symbolic value to he restored Tomall.
class banaliries of Bourgeois economles to expicin is central purpose:
as 2 sandards, MOder 29 A0 impons by carting consumprion The Government success as its wing unempleyfor cutting schoo of course, for boost exports is massive spending cuts.
increased spending In carly June there was a strike private employers. agreement proportion reminding borrowing. - as if it needed TWE DIATUED LSES IN ANUTE The ider is to reduce was Moro'& Idee but now they are woodering what the morrow will bring.
let means mages) and to c bour costs [mages again| The problem is that last year's which bave unexpectedly high growth was too much and led to a worsening trade deficit. Part of the solution The Government has rectly security to offer the large sum present being paid out by The present of bentral govermeal subsidies to local govern ment to stop local short team This, combined with the in further evitable rise in police spending only heightens the neod to cu the gross spending on public things There is a certain agreement among Talian capitalists on these ALDO MORO let] with Christian Democrat secretary BENIGNO ZACCAGNIN. The deal with the Communists basics, but there is disaccord on Done poms Many or the bis private companies such as Fia been pressing ahea: with export deals in the Middle East (particularly Iran) and tbe Comecon countries, are dissarisfied with the Govertmeat's sloth in responding to demands for increased export credit facilities.
DEVALUATION And those producers not using insported raw materials tend oppose the Government's della tionary direction and advocare a devaluation of the lira.
COC CONTRARE CEIVE TOu: lent of the CBI, has predictably been even harder than the Gor COUCH OR MUS HISH That may have been one of th Fanlani bad in mind within the Chriscian Democraric Parts, when he artacked the dea But the PCE has swallowed th Government and sinker, An investment policy must be applied which makes strengthen and cape rest is in the world of international capital. The rulers of may be repared to bail Italy ou certain extent political reasons — that is to keep the PCI oul ol government, to avoid al the explosions that would pro woke in the working class.
But as West Germany's Hel Schmidt expinias: must be helped to pull its head out of the water, but not to take herself back onta thebeach.
* Nexr week we begie a series or the response of she italian far lef to the crisis.
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 14 July 1977 p1