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...crisis arose, ironically, only one month after Britain's European partners had, in a dramatic show of solidarity, voted unanimously to impose sanctions against Argentina for one month. Last week's first rebuff came when foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg reluctantly agreed to extend those sanctions for only seven more days instead of the additional month the British had sought. Italy and Ireland did not go along with even that limited measure. But a crueler blow fell the next day in Brussels, where Community agriculture ministers voted 7 to 1 (with Denmark and Greece abstaining) to override...
...drama then switched to Brussels, where the agriculture ministers were to take up the matter of increasing farm prices. Resorting to a time-tested tactic, Britain's Peter Walker began by claiming the right of veto under the Luxembourg compromise on the ground that farm prices directly affect the size of Britain's budget. Belgian Agriculture Minister Paul de Keersmaecker, who was in the chair, ruled that Walker's declaration of national interest was invalid on the ground that farm prices, not Britain's budget contribution, were at issue. De Keersmaecker was supported by France...
...Members: Britain, Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands and West Germany. Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway have also imposed sanctions. Japan has promised not to take advantage of the economic opportunities created by these measures...
Meanwhile, European Community* foreign ministers reaffirmed their backing of economic sanctions against Argentina during a meeting in Luxembourg attended by Foreign Secretary Pym. Clearly, the British were succeeding in consolidating their support. At the meeting Pym also defended the U.S. for failing by that time to join in the sanctions, showing sympathy for Haig's continuing efforts to act as mediator. Privately, however, many Britons were growing resentful of the American public posture of evenhandedness in the conflict...
...original group: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and the United Kingdom. Greece and Turkey joined the alliance in 1952, West Germany...