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A politician in this country arrested for bribing a cleaning company began giving info to police after he was called a “wild splinter” by a Socialist party leader nicknamed “Big Boar.” Over half of this country’s parliament was investigated for corruption including state conglomerates like ENEL during the “Bribesville”scandal and the (*) “clean hands” investigation; (10[1])that investigation led to the demise of this country’s dominant Christian Democracy party in 1994. In 1973, a leader of this country made the “Historic Compromise” with its Communist Party. (10[1])A period of political violence in this country (-5[1])called the Years (10[2])of Lead included the Red Brigades’kidnapping and killing of its former Prime Minister Aldo Moro. For 10 points, name this country that was led several times by the late Silvio Berlusconi. ■END■

ANSWER: Italy
<History - European History>
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