Italian history
History Italy’s unification in 1864 was purely out of necessity. ... By 1914, the country had over 7 million inhabitants who were speaking Italian. ... Coming out of the Second World War completely ruined and crippled by the severe territorial restrictions imposed by the peace treaty (Paris, 1 February 1947), the new Italian Republic had to face the many problems of material and moral reconstruction (www. ... 12 Deaths/1,000 population - Pop: 57,998,353 Political System The Italian parliament is made up of the Chambers of Deputies and the Senate Of the Republic, which have the same amount of power. ... The position of President is a seven-year term and he is elected by the Italian parliament; he has very limited powers. ... A main reason for this was because no one agreed on the way elections were run and because there was so much corruption in the Italian government. In 1992 there was a major attack against the corrupt practices and the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) and the Christian Democratic Party (DC) were brought down. ... This did not sit well with many Italians and when eastern Europe broke away from communism, the PCI moved towards a ‘left’ view and changed its name to “Partita Democratica Sinistra (PDS, Party of the Democratic Left),” which in turn caused the true Italian communist to pull away and form their own party, the “Partito della Rifondazione Communista, PRC (Communist Refoundation Party). The Christian Democratic party changed its name to “Partito Populare Italiano, PPI (Italian Popular Party) and then was eventually taken over by Silvio Berlusconi and his “Forza Italia (Go Italy)” Party. ... The Italian government is still unstable and it will continue to be so until a new electoral system comes into place, which will not happen anytime in the near future. ... org/Italian%20legal%20system%20pagina%203. ... It is the “set of fundamental norms of the Italian legal system. ... org/Italian%20legal%20system%20pagina%203.