Word: parliament
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...motion put before Parliament by the Tories was simple and straightforward: 'That this House has no confidence in Her Majesty's government." By a margin of a single vote, the Commons agreed. Thus last week, in one of the most dramatic episodes in Britain's recent political history, the Labor government of Prime Minister James Callaghan went down to defeat, thereby forcing an early election. The last such sacking took place 55 years ago, when Britain's first Labor government, led by Ramsay MacDonald, lost a similar vote of confidence...
Next day Callaghan went to see the Queen to ask for the dissolution of Parliament. Emerging from Buckingham Palace, "Sunny Jim" was his usual cheerful self. "I always look forward to a good fight," he said. The campaign officially begins April 7, the day Parliament will be dissolved, and it seems certain that a battle royal is in the making. "My troops are ready," said Thatcher. "They have been ready for quite some time...
...three years. As that deadline approaches, the roly-poly former economics professor has become the target of increasingly heavy fire from trade unions, the leftist opposition and even the largest party in his own coalition, the Gaullists. Last week, at the insistence of Gaullist Leader Jacques Chirac, the French parliament was called into emergency session for the first time since World War II. Although Barre has succeeded in stabilizing the franc by turning France's trade deficit into a surplus, he has been unable to lower inflation, currently 10.2% annually. Moreover, his policies led to a one-third increase...
...poll last week, a drop of 9% in the past year. Clearly, Barre's tough economic remedies will have to be carried out with more sensitivity and imagination if he is to avoid fulfilling a prophecy by Communist Leader Georges Marchais: The people, if not the parliament, will one day reject Barre's policies...
...persistent," and thus he may have been pleased by the progress that had been made toward his overriding vision. Last week, at a summit meeting in Paris, leaders of the Community officially launched the long-awaited European Monetary System. Next June there will be direct elections for the European Parliament, and the Common Market is slowly negotiating expansion to include Greece, Portugal and Spain...