Word: bonne
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...time when the armed services are having a tough time recruiting and keeping skilled personnel, the cutbacks are strongly opposed by ranking military brass in Europe. The commanders contend that the presence of dependents is a positive morale factor that far outweighs any disadvantages. In separate interviews with TIME Bonn Correspondent Lee Griggs, Generals Pauly and Kroesen argue that a reduction in dependents in Europe would spell disaster. "Having dependents here is a heavy plus," says Pauly. "If a war situation developed, our people might even fight a shade harder if loved ones were here and in need of immediate...
...Well. West Germany boasts one of the world's lowest inflation rates. But the country's consumer prices will probably rise by 5:6% this year-twice the January 1979 rate-largely because of its near total dependence on high-priced foreign oil. To combat this problem, Bonn is sticking to the same basic course pursued since 1973: tightly controlled expansion of the money supply, high interest rates, moderate but steady economic growth and a strong deutsche mark. Instead of the stop-go style of the U.S., an official in Bonn's Economics Ministry explains, his government...
William G. Fitzpatrick Bonn...
...briefed on the U.S.'s proposed response to the Soviet invasion, the West Germans were stung by the President's handling of the Olympic boycott. Administration officials had first told West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt that a boycott was not being considered. Carter changed his mind, and Bonn was given only two hours' notice before the boycott was announced. Said a West German diplomat of last week's Security Council debacle: "The U.N. flip-flop is just one more piece of evidence to support Schmidt's contention that West Europeans must look out for themselves...
Schmidt and French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing share Washington's view that the Soviets must withdraw their troops from Afghanistan. The two leaders also believe that Carter overreacted to the invasion, largely because of domestic political considerations. Bonn has tried to play down the transatlantic differences, stressing that they involve approach rather than objectives. Nonetheless, the result has been a closer relationship between Bonn and Paris, culminating in the Schmidt-Giscard summit in the French capital last month. As a Bonn official put it, both men "felt strongly that they had to protect Western Europe...