Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, right, with Romano Prodi, celebrates Italy’s entrance into the European monetary union in 1998. Photograph: Mario Cassetta/APCarlo Azeglio Ciampi, right, with Romano Prodi, celebrates Italy’s entrance into the European monetary union in 1998. Photograph: Mario Cassetta/APItalyObituaryCarlo Azeglio Ciampi obituaryPolitician acclaimed as a national hero for ensuring that Italy joined the single currencyIn Italy politicians are even more despised than elsewhere, but Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, president of the republic from 1999 to 2006, was one of the few who escaped opprobrium. Read More...
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