Word: benelux
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...born, Hanoi-raised son of a high-level French civil servant, has up to now moved steadily higher because he has proved an apt and loyal troubleshooter for Pompidou. That, presumably, is precisely the quality Pompidou desires at the head of the Common Market Commission. Britain, West Germany and Benelux fear that as successor to hearty Pan-European Sicco Mansholt, Ortoli will favor Pompidou's cautious approach to European integration, pressures for an EEC "political secretariat" in Paris, and insistence on strict independence from...
...wide open for leadership." Italy looks to London as a guarantor of the democratic process within the Community and a counterweight against dominance by France and Germany. The West Germans hope that the British will help impose more effective parliamentary controls on the Eurocrats. The Benelux countries, having frequently been forced to bow to the demands of the Continent's Big Two, are also expected to look to Britain for counsel. So are Denmark and Norway, whose economies are so closely tied to Britain's that they have little choice but to follow her into the Community...
...agreed to a timetable that allows Britain five crop years after entry to make the change. As a result, price markups on foodstuffs in Britain will come gradually, and the full impact on the British cost of living will not be felt until the late 1970s. The Benelux representatives, whose farmers grow mainly fruits and vegetables, were the last holdouts against such generous terms. Said Dutch Foreign Minister Joseph Luns when the compromise was presented to him: "My tomato heart bleeds, but I accept...
...stuga and an apartment in town. Similarly, Britain's Labor Party and West Germany's Social Democrats have preempted the working-class vote and the welfare issue. The Communists do not have a single member in Parliament, the Bundestag or the Bundesrat. In Switzerland, Denmark and the Benelux countries, they control a total of 20 seats...
...WORLD) and the cordial treatment accorded France's President Georges Pompidou on his recent visit to Moscow reflected the desire for economic and scientific help from the West. Russia has also begun to forge two more economic links by opening trade negotiations in Moscow with Ireland and the Benelux countries...