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The attempted revolt of the old right of the Christian Dewees s was swiftly reduced by the intorvention of the Vatican, but — antly, the modern left of the party, represented by Fanfani an has rofused to accept posts in the governmenteecoeseeellOwovers the head= lines in Italy have been held by the split in the PSI 5 at the Congress in October, when the party was already seriously split on tactics and id2clogy, Nenni obtained a qualified mandate from a small majority (57%) to join the coalition government, but on certain conditions, in particular concerning NATO and German rearmament. Instead of joining in a coalition government reflecting a balanced compromise between the various parties, Nenni has agreed to give PSI approval and participation to a regime actuating Christian Democrat policy, has agreed to total exclusiion of the Communists, which is a prelude to further betrayals demanded by the Christian Democrats. The government supports all the aspects of NATO policy which the PSI has traditionally rejected - including the multilateral force, atomic rearmament for Yest Germany. In the conditions, the left wing of tho party felt obliged to refuse its consent to the government and, after a declaration, walked out of the Chamber, The right of the PSI revealed their splitting intontions by referring the 25 robel dvputies to tho party court (loaded in their favour). This decision to treat a serious politiel difference as a matter of discipline has now croated a situation whore tho left (40% of the cant tnad Crouls away in order, as Basso said'not to split ourselves from socialism,'
It is this situation which has causod a certain tactical, but nowtheless important radicalisation in the PCI; the presence, not merely of a serious ideologielly left party as such, but rather of a constant and exhaustive left critique and analysis of the total situation of Italy represents a massive threat to the present stance of the PCI, which has always been safe as the party on the extreme left of the spectrum (while the left of the PSI was forced to stick with the right of the party for reasons of discipline), although its tactics have been to stay as near as possible to the parties on its right, presenting itself as a