Italy In The 1960's Research Paper

In the 1960 Western Europe had achieved a remarkable political stability and a dramatic economic growth, but not all the people liked how the government was working. For each place there were a different reason the people had discontent with the government such as in Britain, the people did not like how the poor and middle class people were being treated compared to the rich and treatment of different races was a problem as well. In 1966 Harold Wilson in office decided to freeze wages and prices, so Britain could try and restore the balance between their spending and their production. This was very unpopular and was seen by his party as him exploiting the poor to support the rich. (E49) In 1987 Mrs. Thatcher’s third government term, she tried to introduce market principles into the national heath and education system. (E51) A lot of people left their poor conditions at home to migrate to Britain for jobs in factories, public transportation and …show more content…
During a big negotiation in Italy called the “Opening to the left” the Christian Democratic party won some socialist support. From 1953 to 1966 Italy economy boomed. Then in 1960, it started to get worst because of the strain on the Christian Democratic party, the uncertainty with the socialist party and the high inflation. By 1970 there were 2 million Italians unemployed. The people of Italy did not like the inflation so they took to striking and even terrorist attacks. Targeting Judges, teachers, journalist and police officers. All these attack lead to the terrorist group Red Brigade to kidnap Aldo Moro and kill him when the government refused to negotiate for his release. (E62) In the lower countries like Belgium, Greece and Spain there were good times in the beginning like the other countries, but then started to have problems rise. Terrorist attacks, mass immigrations and prejudices happened throughout these lower countries.