Word: konrads
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Gaulle's plans for Europe, agreed last week that there was no general support for retaliatory measures against France. West Germany's Economics Minister Ludwig Erhard, who was in tears at Brussels when France blackballed Britain, went home breathing defiance of De Gaulle and threats to topple Konrad Adenauer. He got nowhere (see West Germany). And after all the oratory at Strasbourg, a "solemn protest" motion condemning De Gaulle's "domination" of Europe was defeated by a tie vote of 38-38-hardly a resounding gesture of defiance...
Economics Minister Ludwig Erhard, that pudgy and popular fellow, has been itching to get his hands on the top job in West Germany, and can hardly wait for Chancellor Konrad Adenauer to retire as promised next fall. He has shyly nudged der Alte before, only to be rapped harshly on the knuckles. Last week Erhard puffed up his chest and tried again...
...Support. But when Erhard sat back to listen for the expected cries of support, there was nothing but silence. He had overreached himself. At the first Cabinet meeting after Erhard gave out his readiness-to-serve interview, Konrad Adenauer simply smiled and agreed with every complaint poor Ludwig could think...
...Chancellor, there was now only the Bundestag to be dealt with. Konrad Adenauer, 87, handled the situation with deft ease. The Franco-German treaty "is not a substitute for European integration," he told the assembled legislators. "It is merely one of the essential prerequisites." As a matter of fact, declared der Alte, De Gaulle "promised me that the first subject of joint consultation after the treaty goes into effect will be British entry" into the Common Market. As for the Atlantic alliance, "Europe knows that it cannot defend itself without the support of the United States. I underline again...
...week's end, Erhard was right where he had always been, groping for the top rung of the ladder. And Konrad Adenauer was in his accustomed place...