Word: brandts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sleek blue and white Soviet IL-62 jet descended circling out of the hazy blue sky, touched down lightly and taxied toward a welcoming band of West German officials led by Chancellor Willy Brandt. Black, gold and red West German flags and red and gold Soviet banners snapped in the breeze as the guard of honor clicked to attention, steel-tipped black boots at the prescribed 45-degree angle. Soviet Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev strode down the steps, shook hands with Brandt and stood at attention as a Bundeswehr band played the two nations' anthems...
...said: "The political barometer in Europe today points more and more plainly to clear weather." At the airport, he added: "We can say that a good foundation has been created. Now it is important to build on this foundation a stable edifice of good neighborly relations." Said Brandt: "A sorrowful history has made it difficult for us to get together, but we have dared to make a new beginning ... we shall continue our dialogue of peaceful cooperation...
Nonetheless, the cool, intelligent Barzel managed to expand his power. He won election as C.D.U. chairman in October 1971, and was chosen to be that party's candidate for the chancellorship, running a losing race against Willy Brandt in the November 1972 general elections. He was re-elected to a one-year term as parliamentary leader of the C.D.U.-C.S.U. last December. Last week Barzel suddenly quit as floor leader, and his days as party chairman appeared to be numbered. Said Barzel: "I cannot represent as chairman a majority decision on an important matter which was taken against...
Barzel's resignation came after the majority of C.D.U.-C.S.U. members in the Bundestag rejected his seemingly contradictory stand on two important -and related-questions. One issue was the party's position on ratification of Brandt's basic-relations treaty with East Germany, which was signed last December. The second was a bill empowering the West German government to apply for membership in the U.N.-a move that would coincide with East Germany's application. In a party caucus, Barzel won support for C.D.U. opposition to the treaty, but lost narrowly on his advocacy...
...moment, however, Barzel's replacement on the floor is 69-year-old Kurt Georg Kiesinger, West Germany's Christian Democratic Chancellor from 1966 to 1969. Late last week Kiesinger watched his party go down to defeat as the Bundestag backed by a 51-vote margin Brandt's treaty with East Germany...