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The 15th Congress of the Italian Communist Party held in Rome from 30 March to 3 April 1979.

History

The Congress was prepared by 108 Italian Federation congresses and ten other foreign federations in Australia, Belgium, West Germany, Great Britain, Luxembourg and Switzerland. The 118 congresses elected 1191 delegates – representing almost members – to whom were added 119 delegates of the FGCI. The assistance, attended by 9 000 guests, was opened following the ritual passages: the resignation of the members of the Central Committee and the Central Control Commission, the introduction of the works, carried out by Anselmo Gouthier on behalf of the outgoing Secretariat, the settlement of the Presidency, in this case held by Nilde Jotti elected to the role for acclaim, the speeches of greetings by Paolo Ciofi, Secretary of the Roman Federation.

In addition to the representations of all Italian democratic parties, delegations of many foreign political formations were present: the communist parties of Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Cyprus, Colombia, Cuba, Denmark, Finland, France, Japan, Jordan. United Kingdom, Greece, India, Iraq, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Yugoslavia, Lebanon, Malta, Norway, Holland, Poland, Portugal, North Korea, East Germany and West Germany, Reunion, Romania, San Marino, Syria, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, Hungary, Uruguay, patriot, USA, Venezuela and Vietnam; the socialist parties of Belgium, West Berlin, Chile, Norway, Venezuela, United Kingdom (labure The participation of Mitterand and Palme was planned, but their predicted presence irrigated the Italian socialist Craxi who vetoed their intervention in the Communist Congress, with regret of the two personalities of the progressive world. For the first time, a representative of the government of the People’s Republic of China was present in the person of Zhang Yue, Chinese ambassador in Rome; the occasion was greeted as a sign of openness to new relations between the Italian and Chinese communist parties.

On the morning of the first day, Henry Berlinguer held the initial report that occupied 150 folders. Six issues were dealt with in it: contradictions in socialist countries, choices for cooperation and the need for a policy of distension that did not jeopardize humanity; the risks to the democratic hold of Italian democracy, Salvador