Italy's Christian Democracy party has dropped plans to throw the country's general election timetable into disarray.
There had been fears that the country's vote the weekend after next could be delayed after the party belatedly won the right to stand.
The centrist party caused a stir by threatening to insist on its right to a full 30-day campaign.
The DC was initially excluded from the elections because its symbol too closely resembled that of the Centre Union party.
Both parties claim the right to use the 'Shield and Cross' symbol of the old Christian Democratic party, which held power from 1948 until 1992.
DC appealed the decision up the hierarchy of Italy's administrative courts until the State Council, the highest body, ruled in its favour.
Interior Minister Giuliano Amato said yesterday that he could 'not rule out' a postponement of the elections, since electoral law allows for a 30-day election campaign.
But today DC leader Giuseppe Pizza said in a statement that his party would not insist on that, 'out of a sense of responsibility and respect for state institutions.'
