Several shadow cabinets have been declared in Italy:
- The Shadow Cabinet of Italy (1989), launched by Alessandro Natta, Secretary of the Italian Communist Party, after the 1987 Italian general election. The shadow cabinet was officially presented on 19 July 1989
- The Shadow Cabinet of Italy (2008), announced on 15 April 2008, by Walter Veltroni, Secretary of the Democratic Party, after the 2008 Italian general election
Famous quotes containing the words shadow, cabinet and/or italy:
“In order to be somebody you have to hold even your shadow in high regard.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“In a cabinet of natural history, we become sensible of a certain occult recognition and sympathy in regard to the most unwieldy and eccentric forms of beast, fish, and insect.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Everything in Italy that is particularly elegant and grand ... borders upon insanity and absurdity—or at least is reminiscent of childhood.”
—Alexander Herzen (1812–1870)