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| | A short history of Italy |
 | | The liberal establishment, for fear of a socialist revolution starts to endorse the small Partito Nazionale Fascista (National Fascist Party, PFN), led by Benito Mussolini, whose violent reaction to the strikes (by means of the "Black shirts" party militia) is often compared to the relatively moderate reactions of the government, which refrain from unnecessary violence. |
 | | Under the 1947 peace treaty, minor adjustments were made in Italy's frontier with France, the eastern border area was transferred to Yugoslavia, and the area around the city of Trieste was designated a free territory. |
 | | The PCI splits into the Partito Democratico della Sinistra (Left Democratic Party, PDS), which was moving towards the centre of the political spectrum, and the Partito della Rifondazione Comunista (Communist Refoundation Party, PRC), which vowed to remain communist. |
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