Government corruption in Italy
This political scandal revolved around the discovery of Italy’s anti-communist network ‘Gladio’.
Prime Minister _____________ admitted to the existence of Gladio, a NATO stay-behind anti-communist organization in 1990. Investigations on bombings committed and a list of secret Gladio members in Italy was released.
Italy has the ___ largest economy in Europe (answer a number)
In June ____(year between 1930 and 1970), Italians voted to abolish the monarchy in a referendum, and the country became a democratic republic.
SISMI-Telecom, discovered in 2006, is a surveillance scandal that began in 1996 in which the phones of more than 5000 _________ were illegally tapped. These included magistrates, __________, football players and referees. The masterminds behind the tapping were Giulio Tavaroli, former Chief of Security at the Italian Telecom Company and Marco Mancini, a former top official of the SISMI military intelligence agency. They had devised a way of wiretapping without leaving a trace
The Italian economy is driven in large part by the manufacture of high-quality _______ goods produced by small and medium-sized enterprises,
Cinziagate is a political scandal involving the Mayor of Bologna, ____________ who was forced to resign after his assistant Cinzia Cracchi alleged that he had abused his office by embezzling money and spending public money on her. Subsequent investigations were focused on his purchase of expensive property near Malta.
In 2013, economic growth and labor market conditions deteriorated, with growth at -1.8% and unemployment rising to 12.4%, with youth unemployment around ____%.
Propaganda Due (P2), was a _____________, which hosted elite members from Italy’s media, military business and political arenas, including Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Accused of being a ‘shadow government’, P2 was charged with a number of crimes and wrong doings. Further enquiry into the activities of the organization revealed that it had connections with international underworld criminal organizations.
What is secret Masonic lodge.
Italy’s GDP is now ___% below its 2007 pre-crisis level. (Hint it is less than 20)
The executive power is in the hands of the Council of the Ministers, presided over by the President of the Council - more commonly known as the_________.(Hint: It is the equivalent to our president)
It all began when Judge ________________ was arrested on corruption charges and the scandal extended to many political officials, including those who were sitting in the opposition. Sergio Moroni, a politician with socialist inclinations committed suicide after public humiliation over his arrest and blamed the way all parties’ financing system worked.
The Italian government tried to create a new law for financing of parties, introducing some civil charges and removing penal charges in 1993. Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, the then President declined to sign the new law. A USD 250 million scandal involving Eni, a government regulated national energy society was reported the very next week. The President of the agency committed suicide in jail. After a string of subsequent arrests across political parties, the Lega Nord independent party gained a lot of political mileage.
What is Antonio Di Pietro
Public debt has increased steadily since 2007, reaching _____% of GDP in 2007. (Hint it is over 100)