Italia
Area: 301 263 km
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Population: 57.6 million (rounded)
Capital city: Rome
Currency: 1 euro = 100 cent
National day: 2 June
EU membership: 23 July 1952 (ECSC, founding member)
Head of State: President Giorgio Napolitano
Head of Government: Prime Minister Romano Prodi
Foreign Minister: Massimo D'Alema
Government: Coalition: Forza Italia (FI, 196 seats), Alleanza Nazionale (AN, National Alliance, 99 seats), Lega Nord (LN, Northern League, 30 seats), Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e dei Democratici di Centro (UDC, Union of Christian and Centre Democrats, 40 seats), Nuovo Partito Socialista Italiano (NPSI, New Italian Socialist Party, 3 seats)
Parliament: Bicameral: Camera dei Deputati, 630 members, elections every 5 years, 4 % threshold, Senato della Repubblica, 315 members
GDP: €1 351 328 million (2004, rounded)
GDP per capita in PPS: €23 500 (2004, estimate, rounded)
Economic growth in real terms: + 1.2 % (2004, rounded)
Links:
Head of State: http://www.quirinale.it
Head of Government: http://palazzochigi.it
Foreign Minister: http://www.esteri.it
Parliament: http://www.parlamento.it
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