Editing Christian Democracy (Italy) (section)

===Historic Compromise===
From 1976 to 1979 the DC governed with the external support of the PCI, through the [[Historic Compromise]]. Moro, who was the party main leader and who had inspired the Compromise, was [[Kidnapping of Aldo Moro|abducted and murdered]] by the [[Red Brigades]].

The event was a shock for the party. When Moro was abducted, the government, at the time led by [[Giulio Andreotti]], immediately took a hardline position stating that the "State must not bend" on terrorist demands. This was a very different position from the one taken in similar cases before and after (such as the [[kidnapping of Ciro Cirillo]], a [[Campania]]n DC member for whom a ransom was paid thanks to the local ties of the party with the [[Camorra]]). It was however supported by all the mainstream parties, including the PCI, with the two notable exceptions of the PSI and the [[Radical Party (Italy)|Radicals]]. In the trial for [[Sicilian Mafia|Mafia]] allegations against Andreotti, it was said that he took the chance of getting rid of a dangerous political competitor by sabotaging all of the rescue options and ultimately leaving the captors with no option but killing him.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Francesco Pecorelli|author2=Sommella Roberto|title=I veleni di OP|url=http://www.rifondazione-cinecitta.org/pecorelli-dallachiesa.html|publisher=KAOS Edizioni|language=it|access-date=19 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618130605/http://www.rifondazione-cinecitta.org/pecorelli-dallachiesa.html|archive-date=18 June 2009|url-status=usurped}}</ref> During his captivity Moro wrote a series of letters, at times very critical of Andreotti.{{Citation needed|reason=broken link to www.apolis.com/moro/moro/lettere/indice.htm|date=November 2022}}. Later the memorial written by Moro during his imprisonment was subject{{Clarify|date=November 2022}} to several plots, including the assassination of journalist [[Mino Pecorelli]] and general [[Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/online/politica/procura/vitalone/vitalone.html|title=La Magliana, uno schizzo di fango su Vitalone|work=La Repubblica|language=it|access-date=19 October 2010}}</ref>