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...Soviet Union. Nor was it likely that Moscow would cancel imports of French machinery needed for the Soviet natural-gas pipeline project to Western Europe. The Soviets undoubtedly will find ways to make their displeasure felt, but experts do not expect anything much more serious. In Washington, London and Bonn, meanwhile, Mitterrand's challenge to the Soviet espionage buildup was warmly approved as much for its direct impact as its symbolic value. By his bold gesture, the French President reminded his allies that the Soviet threat is a reality that cannot be ignored...
...quieter gestures in a day of theatrics for West Germany's Greens, a loose amalgam of environmentalists and antinuclear activists who last week took their seats in the national legislature for the first time. While most deputies arrived by car, the Greens marched to the Bundestag through downtown Bonn. Some carried flowers; others dragged wilted trees, which they said were killed by acid rain. Inside, the new representatives again added a touch of color to the staid legislature. Their jeans and sweaters stood out against a sea of somber business suits, while their straight-backed benches sported an array...
Evren's approach has aroused concern in Western Europe. Karsten Voigt, foreign policy spokesman for West Germany's Social Democratic opposition, has challenged Bonn's $165 million economic aid to Turkey, saying that there is "no moral justification for criticism of martial law in Poland" if West Germany does not take action to reduce human rights abuse in other countries, like Turkey. Last week 90 French intellectuals staged a protest demanding "the immediate end of the repression and militarization that has hit the universities." And in a public show of displeasure, the U.S. consul in Istanbul turned...
...before tackling the problem. Meanwhile, the election in West Germany of Christian Democratic Chancellor Helmut Kohl made matters worse. Kohl's reassuring conservatism prompted even more speculators to play the deutsche mark against the failing franc. To the French it was "the deutsche mark problem," and Mitterrand expected Bonn to correct it by simply raising the value of the West German currency. To the West Germans and others it was a "franc problem" caused by France's dismal economic performance. When the finance ministers of the ten European Community nations met in Brussels, the stage...
There was no doubt in either Paris or Bonn that the West Germans had made concessions for political reasons. Kohl remembered that Mitterrand had given him much valued backing in his pro-NATO position over the issue of deploying new U.S. missiles in West Germany by the end of this year...