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immigration were ideas whose time had come. Sir D Gillmore said that there was a lot in this but that it was inconceivable that the UK would accept that British policing should be subject to the ECJ. He noted that there was a German interest in creating European law in this area. They were bound by their constitution to considerable liberality in offering asylum. Restrictions under European law, which would override their constitutional provisions, might therefore be welcome. Mr Niles wondered whether there might De a nelprul precedent rere in terms or German croups serving abroad. Sir D Gillmore said that this prohibition was in practice political rather than constitutional. Mr Niles said that he agreed that the European Parliament, as it was, was not a body to which one would readily trust greater responsibilities. There could be an argument however that institutions matured as responsibilities were thrust upon them. He noted however that the Parliament had considerable unused powers. Sir D Gillmore said that indeed it ala. He and Mr Niles agreed that exploiting the power of the purse was more in the Anglo-Saxon than in the continental European parliamentary tradition.
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Mr Niles noted that there were differences between the Europeans and the Americans over the environment, and the way to approach it. He recalled Sir D Gillmore's earlier remark that the Germans were key to many areas. The outcome or the vruguay kound was one of them. The Americans were relatively encouraged by the way the German, and indeed the French, positions were evolving. lot of hope rested on the cautious Dunkel. What Mitterrand had sala to the French farmers was gooa. The concept or A CAP relor appeared to be generally accepted. There was also a glimmer of hope over Airbus. He was less optimistic over soya beans. There appeared to be no effective GATT agricultural machinery. These subjects would come up at the next meeting the President would be having with Lubbers and Delors, in early November.
12. Sir D Gillmore said that the outcome of the Polish elections was disquieting. The collapse of the Soviet trade had affected matters. Nonetheless, East European problems ought to be more manageable than those of the USSR. He hoped that our inevitable fascination with the Soviet situation would not cause us to lose sight of what we had gained in Eastern Europe. Mr Niles noted that US markets were being opened to East European industrial goods but that there were problems over agriculture. There was more US investment in Hungary than in Poland or Czechoslovakia. Americans also nad their budgetary problems. But he could assure Sir D Gillmore that they would not be taking their eye off the importance of encouraging and sustaining democracy in Eastern Europe.
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