Editing Italian Republic

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'''Italy''', officially the '''Italian Republic''', is a country in [[Southern Europe]].

== History ==

=== Unification ===
{{Main article|Risorgimento}}

=== Fascism (1922–1943) ===
{{Main article|Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)#Fascism}}
During most of the Interwar period and the [[Second World War]], a [[Fascism|fascist]] regime under [[Benito Mussolini]] ruled Italy, the economy declined, many ethnic groups, particularly in Italian colonies such as [[Libya]], saw heavy repression, and some of the first mass privatizations occurred.

=== Cold War ===
The USA briefly ended its occupation of Italy in 1947 but returned in 1949 when Italy joined [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]].<ref name=":02222">{{Citation|author=David Vine|year=2020|title=The United States of War|chapter=The Spoils of War|page=298|city=Oakland|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520972070|lg=http://library.lol/main/191568BFAC73F009132DB00ECD0F0F05}}</ref> Statesian and Italian leaders worried that [[Italian Communist Party|communist]] and socialist parties would come to power.<ref name=":022222">{{Citation|author=David Vine|year=2020|title=The United States of War|chapter=Normalizing Occupation|page=308–9|city=Oakland|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520972070|lg=http://library.lol/main/191568BFAC73F009132DB00ECD0F0F05}}</ref>

In 1948, the communist [[Palmiro Togliatti]] ran in the Italian general election. The [[CIA]] rigged the election and spread capitalist propaganda,<ref>{{Citation|author=William Blum|year=2004|title=Killing Hope|chapter=Italy, 1947-1948: Free elections, Hollywood-style|section=|page=|quote=|pdf=|city=|publisher=|isbn=|doi=|lg=|mia=|title-url=|chapter-url=https://williamblum.org/chapters/killing-hope/italy|trans-title=|trans-lang=}}</ref> causing Togliatti to lose to the [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy Party]]. The U.S. military stationed warships around Italy before the election.<ref name=":022222" />

The CIA interfered in seven more elections in Italy before 2000.<ref name=":0222222">{{Citation|author=David Vine|year=2020|title=The United States of War|chapter=Normalizing Occupation|page=311–2|city=Oakland|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520972070|lg=http://library.lol/main/191568BFAC73F009132DB00ECD0F0F05}}</ref>

== Politics ==

=== Brothers of Italy ===
In the October 2022 elections, the leader of the party, Giorgia Meloni, was voted as the Prime Minister of Italy,<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=The Guardian|title=Far-right Giorgia Meloni appointed Italy’s first female prime minister|date=2022-10-21|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/21/giorgia-meloni-tells-italian-president-she-is-ready-to-become-pm-berlusconi-salvini|archive-url=https://archive.ph/90s1b|archive-date=2022-10-22|retrieved=2023-10-01}}</ref> with her party achieving a majority in parliament via the so-called "Center-right coalition" which nonetheless contains fascist parties.

== References ==
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[[Category:Formerly fascist countries]]