Word: europeanization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...worry as much as their Russian counterparts about the loyalty of their units. Speculates a senior U.S. officer in West Germany: "If you were a Soviet general, would you feel comfort able about Polish, Czech, Hungarian -let alone Rumanian-troops?" (However, pacifism and far-left loyalties in several Western European countries are also a concern...
Communist cooperation in the parliamentary process is a disturbing new anomaly for Western European democracies, and few Italians are pleased by the development. Many Communist rank and filers resent what amounts to their party's support on key votes for the Christian Democrats. Andreotti's critics, meanwhile, charge that by accepting Communist "non-opposition," the Premier is providing the Communists with an opportunity to enter the government eventually. Andreotti has qualms about accepting support from the left under these circumstances, but, he says, "in order to come out of our economic crisis, it would be foolish...
...turned down a suggestion by Communist Leader Enrico Berlinguer for a round table of major parties to draw up economic policy. In the longer term, the Premier believes Euro-Communists should be encouraged to follow democratic procedures not so much within national governments but in the emerging, popularly elected European Parliament, which would be a less critical ground on which to demonstrate their conversion...
...principal opposition has enabled Andreotti, a seasoned politician who has three tunes been Premier and was a minister in 16 governments, to crank out an intensive program of austerity measures-including stiffer tariffs, higher government-controlled prices, and proposed wage restraints-aimed at curing the sickest partner in the European Common Market. Italy's current inflation rate is 18%, its internal deficit is estimated at $20 billion, and its foreign trade deficit has doubled in only a year, to $4.4 billion. So weak is the lira that it has to be supported by a 7% surtax on foreign exchange...
...Andreotti is due in Washington this week for meetings with President Ford and Secretary of State Kissinger. The Italian leader also hopes to talk to Jimmy Carter-or at least the President-elect's transition team-particularly since during the campaign Carter specifically viewed Communists in Western European governments as a concern but not a catastrophe and indicated interest in opening avenues of communication with them as President...