Word: bonne
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...fears that Brandt was about to engineer another Rapallo, and bitter domestic criticism that the Chancellor was conceding too much to the Soviets, Brandt was succesful in liquidating legal and territorial disputes that had poisoned relations with the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact countries for three decades. In 1972, Bonn took the most difficult diplomatic step of it short career and recognized East Germany. No longer a paralyzed hostage to French, Soviet, and American diplomacy, and reconciled to the division of Germany, Bonn began to defend its interests and objectives with a determination that would have been unthinkable...
...economic sectors of other countries. "Germany," according to Schmidt, "will no longer be the 'milch cow' of the Community." Further, Schmidt has made it clear to the Italian government that Germany would end all further economic aid to Italy if the Communists were allowed to come into the government. Bonn sees no reason why it should subsidize a political movement that is anathema to the majority of Germans. Pointing to his own pragmatic and successful policies, Schmidt has urged his partners to end their continuous domestic political maneuverings and address themselves to the urgent issues facing Western Europe today, namely...
Israeli Steps. Impatient with the U.N.'s delay, the nine Common Market countries last week pledged to prosecute terrorists or extradite them for trial. Bonn is seeking an international convention to combat terrorist acts that involve the taking of hostages. Israel has begun taking steps too. Israeli Minister of Transport Gad Yaacobi told the Knesset that he is going to propose a law to bar from Israel's airports all airlines lacking sufficient anti-terrorist security measures. Jerusalem also plans to propose the creation of an international agency to exchange information on skyjacking and to agree on guidelines...
Moreover, it is questionable whether Sweden's techniques can be exported. Reports TIME Bonn Correspondent Gisela Bolte: "For the Swedish system to work requires Swedish conditions. It is a small country on the periphery of Europe (it has not been involved in a war for 160 years) with a homogeneous population. Not only do Swedes trust one another, they also trust their government. Labor and business cooperate so smoothly that strikes are virtually unknown, and the unions have not resisted structural changes in the economy. Key decisions are made in personal contacts among a small number of government, labor...
Hard to Take. The commotion over the decree indicates how sensitive Bonn's neighbors are to any possible sign of new authoritarianism in Germany. The uproar further betrays a European envy of Germany's healthy economy and stable politics and an annoyance with Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's penchant for lecturing other countries about their internal problems. Observed Luxembourg's liberal Premier Gaston Thorn: "One looks at West Germany, and one recalls that this was the country that started two world wars, lost both, and is now 'No. 1' in Western Europe; this...