Armando Cossutta

Armando Cossutta (Milan, 2 September 1926) is a Italian communist politician.

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Milan - 2 September - 1926 - Italian

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He joined the Italian Communist Party in 1943 and participated as partisan to the nazifascist resistance. After the World War II he became one of the lead members of the party, representing the most pro-Soviet tendency; his consideration of USSR as "Lead state" of communism led him to criticise Enrico Berlinguer. Nowadays, although he does not regret the choice he made, Cossutta considers that he was mistaken in opposing Berlinguer.

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Italian Communist Party - 1943 - World War II - Soviet - USSR - Communism - Enrico Berlinguer

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Opposed to Achille Occhetto's 1991 proposal to dissolve the PCI, he founded, together with Sergio Garavini, Nichi Vendola and some others, the Communist Refoundation Party, of which he became the president. When Fausto Bertinotti, secretary of the party, voted against a motion of confidence to the 1996 government of Romano Prodi, Cossutta opposed this stance and left the party along with Oliviero Diliberto and others to found the Party of Italian Communists.

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Achille Occhetto - Sergio Garavini - Nichi Vendola - Communist Refoundation Party - Fausto Bertinotti - 1996 - Romano Prodi - Party of Italian Communists

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Today Cossutta is president of the Party of Italian Communists, and Member of Parliament. He also served as MEP during the 5th European term (1999-2004).

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MEP - 1999 - 2004

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