APRIL • JUNE 1970~ . 12th Year '"''~ ,,~. ' european (/: ; f'";,;\\ documentation·. L a survey EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ) Directorate General for Pari iamentary ' Documentation and Information l ... In addition to the official acts published in het Official Gazette of the European Communities, the activities of the European Communities are reported on in publications appearing at regular intervals. Thus, the Commission of the European Communities publi­ shes a Monthly Bulletin on the activities of the Communi­ ties while the European Parliament issues a periodical Information Bulletin on its own activities. The Council of Ministers issues a press release after all its sessions. Its activities are also reported on in a spe­ cial section of the Bulletin of the European Communities. The Economic and Social Committee issues press releases at the close of its plenary sessions,' and its overall activ­ ities are reported on in a. Quarterly lnfonnation Bulletin. The Survey of European Documentation is intended to serve as a supplement to the above publications. It deals with salient features of the process of European integration taking place outside Community bodies. CONTENTS Part I DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION At the National Level I. GOVERNMENTS AND PARLIAMENTS. • • • . • • • • • . • . • • • . • • • • . 3 Belgium.................................................... 3 1. General debate on the agricultural budget for 1970 in the Senate. Criticism of the Community's agricultural policy (16 April) ..•...•.•.•.•..••.••.••......•.•.••.•.••••.• 3 2. The Belgian Government and European monetary union (24 April) .•••.•.•••..•.•..••.•.•...••.•.••••••..••..• 7 3. Direct election of Belgian members of the European Par- liament (14 May) .•.•••.•....••.•••.•••.•.••••..•..•.•. 9 4. Mr. H~ger, Minister for Agriculture, discusses agricul- tural reform (26 May) .•••.••••.•••••••••••.•.•••••••• 11 5. Chamber of Representatives: the revision of the constitu­ tion and the exercise of powers by supranational and international authorities (27 and 28 May) .••••••••••••••• 12 6. Approval by the Chamber of Representatives and Senate of the Second Yaound~ Convention and the Arusha Agreement (3, 4 and 25 June) ••...••..•....•••••••••••••.•••.•••••• 16 Denmark................................................... 17 The Ministerial Committee of the Danish Government has no second thoughts about Denmark's entry into the EEC (28 March and 21 May) ••••.••••.•••••••••••••••••••••• 17 2. Denmark and the question of entry to the EEC (7 and 22 June) •••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 18 -1/A- France..................................................... 20 1. Mr. Alain Poher states that the unification of Europe must assume a political dimension (27 March and 4 May) •.••••. 20 2. The visit of Mr. Olof Palme, Swedish Prime Minister, to Paris (14 April) .•••.•.•• _. •••••••••.••..•••••••.••.•.. 21 3. The European policy of the French Government is debated in the National Assembly (29 April) •.••.•..••.••••...•.• 22 4. Statement by Mr. Bettencourt on the enlargement of the Community (5 and 6 May) ......•.••.•..••.••• ~ ..•...... 27 5. Statements by President Pompidou on Europe (28 June and 2 July) .....••...•.•.•...••..••••.•.••••.•.••.•..•.•.• 28 Germany................................................... 32 1. Dr. Focke, Parliamentary Secretary of State in the office of the Chancellor, discusses European questions (8-9 April, 5 May) •.••....•..••.•.•...••..•.••..••..•.••.. 32 2. Policy statements by Mr. Ertl, Federal Minister for Food, on the European agricultural policy (April-May) .•••..•••. 33 3. The CDU/CSU Opposition criticizes the Government's Euro­ pean policy (9 April, 6 and 24 May) ..•••..••............ 35 4. Visit to Bonn of Mr. George Thomson, the British Minis­ ter responsible for European Affairs (14 April) ..••....•• 37 5. The Bundestag discusses relations between the EEC and the USA (15 April) ..•.••..••••••••.•••..••••••••.••••• 39 6. Mr. Detlef Rohwedder, the Secretary of State at the German Ministry for Economic Affairs, puts the case for establishing the economic union in the near future (20 April) •.••••••.•••••• ~ ...••.•••..•.••••••••••••.•..•• 43 7. Debates on European policy in the German Bundestag (27 May, 17 June) .••••.••.••••••.•••.•••••••••••••••.•.•• 45 8. Questions in Parliament: Direct ·election of members of the European Parliament (27 May) ..•••.•...•..•..•..•• 51 - 2/A- :1 II 9. In a letter to the Europa-Union Deutschland, Fede.rtl Chan­ cellor Brandt describes the European Community a~r a vital contribution to peace in Europe (~6 June) ••.. ~· ••.••. 52 ': 10. Mr. Arendt, West German Minister of: Labour, suggests a European social budget (22 June) .....•••••••••.•••••••• 54 Ireland . • • . • . • • . • • • • . • . • • . • . • • • . • • • . • • • . • • • • • . 55 White Paper on the implications for Ireland of membership of the European Communities (April).................... 55 Italy........................................................ 57 1. European policy in the programme of the new Italian Gov- ernment (7 April) •..•••.....••.•.••...••.•••••.••••••. 57 2. A meeting between the Italian and German Foreign Minis- ters (8 April) •.•••..•.•...•••••...•••••.•.••.•.•••..•. 59 3. Debates on the common agricultural policy in the Italian Parliament (30 April and 12 May) ...•••.•••••••.•••.•••. 60 4. Interview given by Mr. Colombo, Minister of the Treasury, on the Italian and British economies, the negotiations bet­ ween the United Kingdom and the EEC and international monetary questions (1 and 2 June) •••••••••••..•••.••••. 65 Luxembourg • . • . • . • • • • . • . • • • • • • . • • • • • • • . • . • • • • • . • . • . • • • . 6 8 1. Ratification of the Yaound~ and Arusha Conventions (23 and 24 April) •••••••••.••••••••.••••••.•••••.•..•••.•• 68 2. Interview with Mr. Werner, President of the Government, on the work of the Committee responsible for laying down a plan for monetary and economic union (28 May) .•••••••• 71 3. The Chamber of Deputies discusses the appointment of a new Lux~mbourg representative to the Commission of the European Communities (4 June) .••••••••••••.••••••.••• 73 - 3/A- Netherlands • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • . • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • 77 1. Mr. Witteveen, Minister of Financial Affairs, puts the case for a monetary treaty and for control by the Euro­ pean Parliament over measures taken by the Finance Min­ isters (28 April and 26 May) .•••••••.••••••••••••••••.• 77 2. Mr. Van Son, Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, on the economic policy of the Community (26 May) ••.••••.•• 80 3. Draft law tabled by Mr. Westerterp, Catholic People's Party, on the direct election of Netherlands members of the European Parliament (10 June) ••.••..••••.• _. •••••••• 81 4. Parliamentary questions (8 April) ••••••••••••••••••••.• 85 - Increased powers for the European Parliament • • • • • • • • 85 - Economic and monetary union. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • . • • . 86 - The position of the Commission and Council on the nego- tiations with the United Kingdom • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • 87 New Zealand . • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • . • • • . • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • . • • • . • • • . 88 New Zealand asks for safeguards (4 June) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . 88 Norway . • . 89 1. Statements made during Chancellor Brandt's visit to Norway (23-25 April) .•••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••.••• 89 2. Norway is willing to negotiate with the EEC (5, 20 and 25 June) •.••.••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 90 Switzerland Opinion of the President of the Swiss Confederation and of the Federal Council on the EEC (April-May) • • • • • . • • • . • • • 92 United Kingdom . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • . 96 1. Mr. George Thomson: Economic and monetary unity no obstacle to British membership (5 May) ••.••••.•••••.••• 96 - 4/A- 2. Mr. George Thomson: Britain twenty years after the Schuman Declaration (7 May) ••••••••••••••••••••• ~ •••• 96 3. Mr. David Howell: Collision course for Britain and the Six? (9 June) ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••• 98 United States • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 102 1. Opinion on the floating rates of exchange (20 April) •••••• 102 2. Mr. Nixon reaffirms US support for the European Com- munity (13 May) .••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••.. 103 TI. PARTIES AND PROMINENT POLITICIANS.................. 105 1. The Congress of the Dutch D'66 Party and Europe (3-5 April) .••••••••••••••.•••• •' ••••••••••••• o o o o •• o o o ••• 105 2o The Conference of the Christian Democratic Parties and Parliamentary Groups in the Six (27 April) • o o o ••• o • o o o o 111 3o The case for Europe: a speech by Mr. Strauss, CSU Chairman, in Zurich (11 May) .. o o ••• o o o. o o o. o o •• o o •••• 113 4. European problems discussed at the 1970 SPD Party Con­ ference in SaarbrUcken (11-14 May) o. o o 0 •••• o •• o o ••••• 115 5. Mr. Mitterer explains Austria's attitude to the European Communities (27 May) .••.•••••••••• o •••••••••••• o •••• 117 6. The Independent Republicans propose a European Confed- eration for 1980 (June) ...•.•••• o. o o. o o. o o o o o o o o. o •• o. 118 7. Interviews on the theme: 'Is Europe democratic?' (2-5 June) • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • . • • • • 119 8. Mr. Edgar Faure, former President of the French Coun­ cil, proposes a European referendum (16