ITALY: GOVERNMENT CRISIS

• Document Type: FOIA
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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06746644
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• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: August 30, 2018
• Case Number: F-2016-01115
• Publication Date: October 18, 1985

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Italy: Government Crisis
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ITALY: Government Crisis
President Cossiga will begin Om traditional process of forming a
new government this morning, but preliminary reactions from the
parties soonest that the Government crisis will be difficult to
resolve.
The Cabinet will remain in office until a new government has been
selected, and tradition dictates that Craxi as outgoing Prime Minister
should be given first crack at forming a successor government. Craxi
gave up his idea of seeking a vole of confidence when the Christian
Democrats threatened to abandon him if he proceeded,
Craxl presented his version of the government's handling of the
Achille Lauro affair to Parliament. stressing US highhandedness. He
announced that Rome would formally protest the unauthorized US
pursuit of the Egyptian airliner carrying Abu Abbas from Sigonella to
Rome and presented himself as the defender of Italian sovereignty.
He also insisted that Defense Minister Spadolini had been consulted
about the decision to let Abu Abbas go.
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