11.   Prosecutors have said he has been targeted under laws that forbid agitating for a return to Fascism and undermining Italian unity.

12.   The president is no longer sovereign, either in economic affairs or foreign policy, while Euro-regionalism has undermined the unity of the state.

13.   Both men face charges of undermining national unity and inciting religious dissension.

14.   The article prohibits propaganda aimed at undermining the unity of the state and is widely used in the prosecution of journalists, editors, students and trade unionists.

15.   The decision prompted immediate criticism from such US European allies as France and Britain, which warned it could undermine the unity of the alliance.