Word: british
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...partners in the European Community, the British do not care what they do actually, so long as they renounce it correctly. At least that was what many Europeans were tempted to conclude last week as Britain again vexed the rest of the Community on several key issues. It thereby provoked new laments that maybe Charles de Gaulle was right in wanting to blackball les anglais from membership in the first place...
...President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing to insulate Europe from fluctuations of the dollar, the plan had won approval in principle at a Common Market summit in Bremen last month, and had been presented to President Carter and other leaders of the industrial West at the subsequent Bonn summit. British Prime Minister James Callaghan, however, remained cool toward the idea. In the first place, the British?and for that matter, the Italians as well?are reluctant to tie the pound and other weak European currencies to the superstrong West German mark. Second, London feels that the scheme was somehow imposed...
...French, it was understandable that the British should raise legitimate questions about a scheme that still puzzles many experts. They were outraged, though, that the Labor government should try to use that skepticism about the plan as a bargaining counter?against French privilege. According to the French, Britain tried to trade possible support for the monetary plan in exchange for reform of the Nine's longstanding agricultural policy, which is sacrosanct to subsidized French farmers and anathema to British housewives, who believe it has raised their food prices. The French were having none of it. "We cannot link the monetary...
...conflict was the proposed construction of a new, 200-seat B10 European Airbus, a mainly Franco-German project that is aimed ambitiously at loosening the U.S. hold on the world's commercial aircraft market. To enhance the Airbus' chances, the French and Germans have tried to persuade the British to join in its development, with a standing offer to build the wings and other key parts...
...British, however, are torn between the Airbus proposal and two competing offers from the U.S. One is from McDonnell Douglas, which is seeking Rolls-Royce engines for its medium-range ATMR; the other is from Boeing, which wants both British engines and wings for its 757. Supporters of the Boeing project claim it would mean 17,000 new jobs for British industry. Even Britain's most strongly pro-European newspaper, the Guardian, argued that "Callaghan should choose the project which promises to sell the most airplanes. This is not a dilemma in which Euro-loyalty ought to play too large...