Word: thatcherism
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...French, as usual, blamed Britain for the deadlock, in particular Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's insistent demands for "my money," or what she considers an acceptable rebate on her country's outsize contribution ($1.7 billion more than Britain received this year vs. an even balance for France) to the Community budget. The British, in turn, zeroed in on what they saw as Mitterrand's intransigence in refusing to address the long-term financial problem caused by heavy subsidies to the Community's 8 million farmers. West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl avoided the search for scapegoats...
...cover farm subsidies, much less long-sought social and industrial programs. But even the prospect of bankruptcy failed to move the leaders, largely because the budget crisis is linked to three intractable issues: the exorbitant costs of the agricultural program, which eats up two-thirds of available resources; Thatcher's demand for a more equitable system of member contributions; and long-promised membership for heavily agricultural Spain and Portugal, which inevitably would raise farm-subsidy outlays even more...
From the beginning, Thatcher had made it clear that she would use the bankruptcy threat as a bargaining weapon Mitterrand was offended by that tactic as well as by Thatcher's "statistical" approach to problems that he regards as essentially political. Said a French spokesman on the summit's first day: "We were impressed by the rigidity of the British representatives, while the other nine showed a sense of open-mindedness." Replied a British spokesman: "I'm sure that is what Napoleon thought before the Battle of Waterloo." Delving deeper into the history of hostility between...
...However, Alfonsin has sought to down-play the shift, noting that his plans to cut the military budget will leave no room for additional arms purchases. Britain, which had opposed certification following its war with Argentina over the Falkland Islands, reacted with restraint to the decision. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher even sent Alfonsin a congratulatory message on his inauguration...
...said Craxi, who had created "a [missile] disequilibrium which we find unacceptable." Danish Prime Minister Poul Schlüter, whose country has declined to accept nuclear missiles on its soil, responded that the Soviet leader's letter "gave me cause for disappointment and concern." British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher declared that she was "not greatly impressed...