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INFO SAVING EUROPEAN COMMUNITY POSTS, STRASBOURG, WASHINGTON
FRAME GENERAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY SESSION 12-16 MAY 1096
SUMMARY
1.
SESSION OVERSHADOWED BY CHERNOBYL DEBATE WHERE CENTRE RIGHT, FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE IBERIAN ACCESSION, DEFEATED LEFT AND
SECURED A MODERATE RESOLUTION WHICH RECOGNISED NEED FOR NUCLEAR
POWER AND SUGGESTED FOLLOW-UP TO PROFIT FROM DISASTER.
2. FIRST REACTIONS TO COMMISSION PRESENTATION OF 1986
SUPPLEMENTARY AND 1987 PDB EXPOSED UNDER CURRENT OF CRITICISM OF UK
ABATEMENT.
3. SOCIAL ISSUES WERE PROMINENT: CHILDREN IN HOSPITAL, EMPLOYMENT OF DISABLED, EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN, CANCER PREVENTION,
AND STATUS OF THE AGED.
4. DEBATE ON SECURITY SHOWED INCREASING AWARENESS OF NEED FOR
MORE EUROPEAN COHESION.
THE KING OF SPAIN ADDRESSED A SOLEMN SESSION AND WAS WARMLY
RECEIVED. NO MENTION OF GIBRALTAR.
6.
MR RAISON VISITED THE EP ON 15 MAY: USEFUL DISCUSSION WITH
MEPS PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT ACROSS UK. THINKING PRE OUR
PRESIDENCY. KEEN INTEREST IN FOOD AID. NUCLEAR DEBATE CAUSED SOME
SCHEDULING DIFFICULTIES.
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7. CHERNOBYL (MY TELNO 1641) : LEFT CRITICISED NUCLEAR POWER AND
SOUGHT MORATORIUM. CENTRE RIGHT CRIITCAL OF SOVIET FAILURE TO
PROVIDE INFORMATION, AND WANTED NECESSARY CONSEQUENCES DRAWN SO THAT NUCLEAR INDUSTRY COULD DEVELOP. CENTRE RIGHT PREVAILED IN AN
IMPRESSIVE DISPLAY OF UNITY. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED WERE HELPFULLY
MODERATE, RECOGNISED MEMBER STATE COMPETENCE, AND PROPOSED FOLLOW-UP ACTION.
3. 1986 SUPPLEMENTARY AND 1987 PDB (MY TELNOS 1602, 1619)
COMMISSION INTRODUCED TWO BUDGETS IN STANDARD TERMS. GROUPS RESPONDED. UNDER-CURRENT OF CRITICISM THAT UK ABATEMENT SINGLED OUT
FOR FULL PAYMENT. COMMISSION TO PROVIDE DETAILS ON CALCULATIONS OF
ABATEMENTS. EP LIKELY TO PREPARE A REPORT ON FUTURE FINANCING.
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