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For more than 40 years the Historic Documents series has made primary source research easy by presenting full primary documents and excerpts from documents on the important events of each year for the United States and the world. Each volume includes approximately 70 events with well over 100 documents from the previous year, from official or other influential reports and surveys, to speeches from leaders and opinion makers, to court cases, legislation, testimony, and much more.
Historic Documents is renowned for the well-written and informative background, history, and context it provides for each document. Each volume begins with an insightful essay that sets the year's events in context, and each document or group of documents is preceded by a comprehensive introduction that provides background information on the event. Full-source citations are provided. Readers have easy access to material through a detailed, thematic table of contents and a cumulative five-year index that directs them to related material in earlier volumes.
Italian President's Address Upon His Reelection: April 22, 2012
Italian President's Address Upon His Reelection: April 22, 2012
Italian citizens voted in February 2013 to choose new members of parliament. However, no party won an outright majority of seats, and the parties failed to work together to form a governing coalition. The fighting both within and among the various political sects became even more pronounced in April when the time came for parliament to choose a new president. After five rounds of balloting failed to produce a winner, the current president, Giorgio Napolitano, agreed to requests from party leaders that he remain in office for a second term. When Napolitano was chosen on the sixth ballot, he became the first Italian president to be elected to ...
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