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...free-enterprising Liberals, Premier van Acker will control in votes in the 212-seat Chamber of Representatives. The Social Christian Party, still Belgium's biggest despite its electoral losses, will have 95 seats. The Communists, who had seven seats before, are down to four. Europe-minded Socialist Paul-Henri Spaak, who could have been Premier, preferred to serve as Foreign Minister...
...Jean Van Houtte's Social Christian (Catholic) Party, which has had a slim parliamentary majority, emerged from the election still the largest party, but it lost so many seats that Van Houtte submitted his resignation. King Baudouin asked him to stay on a while as caretaker. Biggest gainer: Paul-Henri Spaak's Socialists. A coalition government with Socialist participation is certain, but whether the Socialists team up with the Social Christians or with the third-place Liberals is still to be seen...
While Socialist Leader Paul-Henri Spaak-an ardent supporter of NATO, EDC and a unified Europe-is presumably the leading choice for Premier, there is a chance that he will prefer to be Foreign Minister instead...
...Belgium too. EDC was debated last week. Socialist Paul-Henri Spaak, one of Europe's most ardent champions of unity, threw all his oratory into the argument. "Could we ask young Belgians to defend Europe on the Elbe." he asked, "while the Germans stayed home?" The chamber was half empty during the debate, for Belgium has apparently already made up its mind: to ratify...
Europe's Washington. Paul-Henri Spaak had played James Madison's part in drafting the constitution; now he saw himself as George Washington. He even quoted Washington ("Individuals entering society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest"), and advised the six Foreign Ministers who attended the Assembly to follow the U.S.'s example. "If we show the same boldness . . . there is no sound reason why we should not achieve the same success. Ours alone is the task . . . of giving back to the Old Europe her strength, her greatness and glory . . . We can carry...