Integralism is a belief that society is an organic unity. It has a characteristic belief in social hierarchy and in co-operation between the classes. Often seen as a belief in "blood and soil" conservatism, Integralism claims that the best political institutions for given nations will differ depending on the history, culture and climate of the nation's habitat. Integralism usually strongly supports a national church, or Erastianism.
Integralism often overlaps with fascism (especially in Latin America) although there exist many natural points of disagreement, especially the integralist stress on localism.
Thus these entities were not officially embodied in the political structure of DC, but were, so they claimed, inspired by the Catholic tradition of the main party and effectively supported it in practical politics, despite their severe criticism of DC's pragmatism which led to repeated concessions in favor of non-Catholic groups.
In 1990 he garnered attention when he was involved in a mission to Iraq which successfully concluded with the freeing of some Italian technicians who were hostages of the local government.
When DC's party was finally transformed into a dozen new parties, he joined with Pierferdinando Casini (the political heir of Arnaldo Forlani) in the founding of CDU (now in government with Silvio Berlusconi's "Polo delle Libert").
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