- Fabrizio Cicchitto
Fabrizio Cicchitto (
Rome ,October 26 ,1940 ) is an Italian politician.Career
The secretary of the
Italian Socialist Party 's youth wing, Fabrizio Cicchitto joined the party itself in the same period, becoming a supporter of the Marxist wing andRiccardo Lombardi . Cicchitto also became sympathetic toEurocommunism and the "Historic Compromise " path taken by theItalian Communist Party (PCI), while being highly critical of Christian Democracy (DC) itself, as well as of the American CIA and the ItalianServizio Informazioni Difesa . According to him, DC would have taken profit from theRed Brigades ' activities and theAldo Moro case to cut off relations with the PCI.In 1981, he confessed being a member of the masonic lodge
Propaganda Due (P2). [cite news | title = A Grand Master's Conspiracy | publisher = Time Magazine | date =1981-06-08 ] Shortly after this move, Cicchitto was excluded from the Socialist Party. Readmitted toward the end of the Eighties, he followed the policies ofBettino Craxi and held minor posts throughout the "Mani pulite "-"Tangentopoli " scandals that saw the disestablishment of most Italian political parties. Cicchitto joinedSilvio Berlusconi 's centre-right partyForza Italia , leading its social-democratic wingWe Blue Reformers . He had been a Socialist member of either theItalian Chamber of Deputies or theItalian Senate for three successive terms. He is currently the vice-president of Forza Italia's group in the Chamber, and national deputy-coordinator of the party from 2003.He has contributed to steps taken by Italy in its adoption of the
European Monetary System and theMaastricht Treaty , and has taken part in debates overprivatization in the country. Since 1998, Cicchitto contributeseditorial s to "Il Giornale ", and is currently a member of the editorial staff for "Avanti!".References
Works
* "Il pensiero economico cattolico
* "Politiche nuove per l'industria italiana
* "Dall'utopia al potere
* "Rapporto pubblico e privato e modernizzazione dell' industria italiana
* "Rodolfo Morandi, il partito e la democrazia industriale
* "Il governo Craxi
* "Storia del centro-sinistra
* "Riflessioni sulla fine della prima repubblica e sulla sinistra di governo
* "De Gasperi e Togliatti, due protagonisti
* "La DC dopo il primo ventennio
* "Le scelte dei democratici
* "Dal centro-sinistra all'alternativa
* "Il grande inganno
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