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Dead Mechanism. Western Europe heard the news with anger and dismay. West Germany's Economics Minister Ludwig Erhard blamed De Gaulle for a "black day," declaring that "the Common Market is now only a mechanism and no longer a living thing." Alfred Müller-Armack, West Germany's chief negotiator at Brussels, quit his job in disgust. Jean Monnet, the dynamic optimist who is the father of the Common Market, lamented that "there now looms disunion with its inherent dangers.'' Britain's Prime Minister Harold Macmillan told his country on TV: "What happened...
When the delegates emerged from the meeting at midnight. West Germany's Economics Minister Ludwig Erhard, a staunch supporter of Britain, grunted. "We made only linguistic progress.'' A French delegate lightly added. "If we reach an agreement, it will be based on a misunderstanding.'' On Tuesday morning. U.S. Ambassador John Tuthill hurried around to the delegations to deliver a last-minute warning from President Kennedy, pointing out the grave consequences of a breakdown in the negotiations. The Six reconvened at noon to hear the West German proposal that was intended to save face for everyone...
...lashed his failure to hold out for Britain's Common Market entry as part of the bargain; and, what was worse, the Bonn Cabinet itself promptly slapped der Alte with a unanimous vote to support the British in Brussels. "Europe without Britain is unthinkable," declared Vice Chancellor Ludwig Erhard, leader of the West German Common Market delegation. From the Bundestag came strong warnings that legislators will refuse to ratify Adenauer's pact unless De Gaulle's selfish whim is thwarted...
Early this month. West German politicians were confident of three things: 1) that Chancellor Konrad Adenauer would resign next fall, 2) that he would be replaced by popular Economics Minister Ludwig Erhard. and 3) that ex-Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss was finished as a national figure because of his involvement in the Spiegel crisis...
...Adenauer, at 86, has lost his leadership. In recent months, der Alte has become increasingly isolated, seldom appears in the Bundestag, or even at the caucus meetings of his C.D.U. parliamentary faction. Often at Cabinet meetings he stays for a short time, then hands affairs over to Vice Chancellor Erhard. Der Alte seems uninterested in details, no longer gets the steady stream of reports from the Foreign Ministry on every detail of West Germany's relations abroad which he once demanded. Being out of touch even with the moods in his own country, Adenauer clearly fell into...