Historic Compromise
Prominent Christian Democracy member Aldo Moro (pictured left) and Italian Communist Party leader Enrico Berlinguer, the main architects of the Historic Compromise.
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The Historic Compromise (Italian: Compromesso storico), also known as the Third Phase (Italian: Terza Fase) or the Democratic Alternative (Italian: Alternativa Democratica), was a historical political accommodation between Christian Democracy (DC) and the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in the 1970s.