266. Editorial Note
On February 24, the minority government of Prime Minister Segni resigned. President Gronchi asked Fernando Tambroni to form a new government. Segni agreed to serve as the Foreign Minister in the new cabinet. Tambroni presented a minority government to the Chamber of Deputies on March 25. In addition to the Christian Democrats, the [Page 583] Tambroni government relied on the votes of the neo-Fascist Movimento Sociale Italiano for its parliamentary majority. Objections were raised within the Christian Democratic parliamentary group to the government’s reliance on neo-Fascist support and Tambroni offered his resignation to Gronchi, who then requested Amintore Fanfani to begin consultations to form a government. Tambroni’s cabinet remained in power as a caretaker administration. When Fanfani was unable to form a Center-Left government, Gronchi asked Tambroni to withdraw his resignation. The new government was then presented to the Senate for approval and formally took office on April 28.