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...close Franco-German ties that have grown particularly strong since Giscard and West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt came to power within eleven days of each other in 1974. Although it rained during most of the five-day visit, there were few visible clouds over what British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has sarcastically called the "Franco-German axis...
...built Trident missiles (range 4,350 miles) to replace the aging 2,880-mile Polaris in a modernized nuclear submarine force. The costs of the Tridents plus their British-made warheads and five new submarines are estimated at $10-billion, to be absorbed over 15 years. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's Tory government appears to be set on the Trident option, and the Iron Lady is expected to announce that decision to the Commons later this month. The announcement will probably spark strong opposition...
...political violence continues, Ulster faces a steadily worsening economic crisis. Male unemployment is already running at nearly 15%, more than twice Britain's national average. Foreign investment has been difficult to attract, and the Thatcher government, grappling with Britain's own recession, is hardly able to fill the gap. Last week Atkins announced that the government would have to pump an additional $153 million into the ailing Belfast shipyard of Harland and Wolff in a last-ditch effort to save 7,000 jobs. British public expenditures in Northern Ireland, including the cost of security operations, average...
...official statement from Dublin welcomed the discussion of "possible solutions" but insisted on "closer political cooperation between the British and Irish governments" on the Ulster question. Some measure of cooperation actually began in May, when Ireland's Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Charles Haughey had a cordial meeting with Thatcher, at which the two leaders agreed to hold regular consultations. At that time, Haughey insisted that the Republic did not seek to annex the six northern counties "by force." He suggested that his government would even be willing to change certain articles of the Irish Constitution, such as one that prohibits...
...plans to meet separately with the four main political parties in the coming weeks, reach a consensus on one of the proposed formulas by September and present a bill to Parliament before the Queen's speech in November. If the Ulster politicians cannot agree, as seems likely, the Thatcher government could submit its own plan to the people in the form of a referendum. That course runs the risk of further underlining the sectarian divisions in Ulster and might lead to a new round of bloodshed...