Loris Fortuna was an Italian

Italy

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 left-wing politician, and former Member of Parliament

Parliament of Italy

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 since 1963.

Biography

Born in Breno

Breno

Breno is an Italian comune of 5.014 inhabitants in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, in Lombardy.-Geography:It is bounded by other communes of Bagolino, Bienno, Braone, Ceto, Cividate Camuno, Condino , Daone , Losine, Malegno, Niardo, Prestine.The village of Breno stands in a ravine by the...

, province of Brescia

Province of Brescia

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, he was a partisan

Italian resistance movement

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 during the World War II

World War II

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, and initially joined the Italian Communist Party

Italian Communist Party

The Italian Communist Party was a communist political party in Italy.The PCI was founded as Communist Party of Italy on 21 January 1921 in Livorno, by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party . Amadeo Bordiga and Antonio Gramsci led the split. Outlawed during the Fascist regime, the party played...

 (PCI), leaving it in 1956, and crossing the floor

Crossing the floor

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 to the Italian Socialist Party

Italian Socialist Party

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 (PSI), after the anti-Soviet revolts in Hungary

1956 Hungarian Revolution

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 were suppressed by the Soviet

Soviet Union

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 Red Army

Red Army

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. His first ran in elections in 1963; two years later, he promoted, as first signer, the law on divorce

Divorce

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, but he then decided not to submit it to the examination on Parliament.

In 1970, however, Fortuna decided to finally present his proposal of law, together with liberal

Liberalism

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 colleague Antonio Baslini, gaining support from the PCI, the Radical Party

Italian Radicals

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 and the left wing, but opposed by the Christian Democracy

Christian Democracy (Italy)

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. The law, which legalized and regulated divorce in Italy, was then approved on December 1, 1970.

In 1974, Christian Democracy tried to repeal it via a national referendum

Italian referendum, 1974

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, but failed, with 59.3% of Italians favourable to maintain the law on divorce. During the referendum campaign, Fortuna bound up with Radical leader Marco Pannella

Marco Pannella

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, and then joined his party, but continuing to be member of the Socialist Party.

Subsequently, Fortuna was a strong supporter and promoter also for the law on abortion

Abortion

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, which was depenalized in 1978 and survived to another referendum in 1981. He died in Rome

Rome

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, soon after having asked Bettino Craxi

Bettino Craxi

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 for an electoral alliance between the PSI and the Radicals.

In 2005, the name of Loris Fortuna came back to national political scene, following the formation of the Rose in the Fist

Rose in the Fist

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, an electoral alliance including Radicals and Socialists, and openly based on the principles of José Luis Zapatero, Tony Blair

Tony Blair

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and Fortuna himself.