Emergency Powers Flashcards
When did Mussolini deliver a speech about the need for emergency powers?
16 November 1922
Which ex-prime ministers gave Mussolini a vote of confidence and emergency powers?
Giolitti, Salandra and Facta
How long were the emergency powers supposed to last?
1 year
What were the powers supposedly to help deal with?
Italy’s economic and political problems
What were the powers actually supposed to do?
Help Mussolini establish a one-party state with himself as dictator
When were the powers to become effective?
Within 3 weeks after he becomes PM
Were his demands accepted?
Mussolini was given the emergency powers, with the Senate approving his new powers by a majority of 196 to 16
What did right wing politicians believe granting Mussolini the emergency powers would do?
They welcomed the opportunity for a new start - hoping it would sweep away the corruption of the old trasformismo system and provide defence against left wing anarchy
What could Mussolini now do in terms of elections?
He could rig elections in the Fascist’s favour
What groups benefitted?
Mussolini made some concessions to the Church as he saw their support as vital. He passed favourable policies for industrialists and farmers and landowners
With the extra power, what did he do overseas?
Mussolini asserted the rights of Italy overseas in the Corfu Crisis and Fiume incident.
