Italian national pride on display as political crisis ends 1 SHARES Share it! The planes flew low and loud over downtown Rome trailing smoke in the red, white and green of the Italian flag. Republic Day commemorates the day, June 2, 1946, when Italians voted in a referendum to abolish the monarchy in favor of a republic, Italy’s first. The political upheaval that has created western Europe’s first populist government this week has been dubbed Italy’s Third Republic. Offering the new government cautious support was Italy’s far-right, neo-fascist CasaPound party, which held its own Republic Day commemoration Saturday.

Source: Manila Bulletin June 02, 2018 15:00 UTC