Yet in the longer term they are bound to become a force for political liberalisation.
And Mr Bertinotti declares himself firmly against privatisation though, intriguingly, he is not against all liberalisation.
As advocates of drug liberalisation have found, the deadweight of popular opinion admits of little dissent.
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His administration has continued a process of political liberalisation, including the revocation of strict censorship.
The biggest spurt of new jobs has come from last November's limited liberalisation of shop-opening hours.
The liberalisation that began in 1991 ushered in competition from imports and foreign investors.
The European Commission is committed to full liberalisation of postal services across Europe by 2006.
One reason for more liberalisation is practicality: dual nationality has become harder to control.
Trade-liberalisation rounds are arcane affairs about which free-traders are often thought to cry wolf.
Though virtually all his efforts at liberalisation were thwarted, he was re-elected in 2001.
The cause is less market liberalisation as such than the fact that the liberalisation remains incomplete.
The prospects for farm liberalisation in the near run have gone from slight to nil.
The shopworkers' union, and retailers' associations which opposed the liberalisation, are sounding sourly triumphant.
People in emerging markets have mixed feelings about financial liberalisation and may not regret its reversal.
But the two fundamental causes of the blackout were clear to many commentators: privatisation and liberalisation.
Liberalisation in agriculture will increase the average price for food, but also its volatility.
So, political instability does not seem to lead to policy reversal, only creeping liberalisation.
The liberalisation of imports has also enabled companies to slash stocks, releasing funds for investment.
More worrying, though, is the lack of enthusiasm in many quarters for any further liberalisation.
Since liberalisation on January 1st, Deutsche Telekom has indeed been bleeding revenues and customers.
But recession, financial liberalisation and the squeeze on banks are all playing their part.
The influence of Smedley and his peers on the liberalisation of British media is plain.
The chances of another go at liberalisation soon, after an abject failure, would be slim.
It's hard to disentangle the initial shock of price liberalisation from ongoing inflationary pressure.
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The challenge, says Mr Stern, is a political one: to disabuse the rich-world foes of liberalisation.
However, the European Commission decided last year to phase in a liberalisation of the market.
That appears to be anathema to a government that presided over a decade of financial liberalisation.
The tax cut was just the first step in a wider liberalisation of betting.
Many recommendations for structural reform and liberalisation will scarcely be more palatable to Mr Hollande.
Bajaj Auto, a maker of scooters, motorcycles and three-wheelers, has had a similar experience with liberalisation.
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