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...that his country was prepared to defend its "legitimate interests" in the region. "Poland," said Gromyko, "has been and will remain an indivisible part of the socialist community...
...years. His party will most likely command close to its traditional 38% of the vote. The Communists, under Enrico Berlinguer, have steadily been losing ground since reaching their high of 34.4% of the vote in 1976. Some polls predict 27% or 28% in next week's count. Socialist Leader Bettino Craxi, who forced the elections by bailing out of the last coalition government, had hoped to engineer major Socialist gains (perhaps 15% of the vote, compared with 9.8% in 1979), but the tactic backfired. Party strategists now say they will be relieved...
...apparent effort to win back lost favor, Craxi last week proposed that the Socialists and Christian Democrats agree on "a three-year government" to bring some stability to the political process. Other parties, he added, would be welcome to join. His opponents immediately wondered aloud why stability was suddenly so important to the Socialist leader, but others supported the idea. A three-year pact, wrote the right-of-center Il Giornale, "would permit an exit from the vagueness of electoral rhetoric, to confront the programs and delineate the things to be done." A three-year government would also...
...trouble facing France's Socialist government is that its 1981 attempt at expansion created first inflation and then a huge trade deficit. Chevalier said that a split in Socialist Party ranks continues between supporters of Finance Minister Jacques Delors's austerity program and left-wingers like former Industry Minister Jean-Pierre Chevènement, who favor spurring demand at any cost. In view of the government's severe financial straits, Chevalier noted, no alternative exists to the present, unpopular squeeze...
...Hungary does not have "the same riches of supply as the West," he conceded, but people are buying cars and vacation houses. This year 5 million Hungarians will travel outside their country, including 100,000 or so to the West. Food is available without the lines found in other socialist countries...