JPRS ID: 10327 WEST EUROPE REPORT

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16 February 1982
WEST EUROPE REPORT
(FOUO 9/82)
CONTENTS
ECONOMIC
FRANCE
_ Textiles, Naval Shipyards, Steelworks Reorganize To Face Crisis
(Richard de 'Vendeuil; VALEURS ACTUELLES, various datea) 1
- Textile Sector Lagging
Modernization of Metallurgical Sector,
Shi~yards Linked
. POLITICAL
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SPAIN
Arzallus: PNV May Support Calvo Sotelo, ETA Isolated
(Ander Landaburu; CAMBIO 16, 4 Jan 82) 7
EE's Onaindia To Push for Unity of Basque Leftists
(CAMBIO 16, 11 J~n 82) 10
MILITARY
FRANCE
New Training Planes Described as More Fconomical, Efficient
(AIR ET COSMOS, 12 Dec 81) 15
Mirage F,1B, Squadror. 3/5
Microjet 200 To Fly in June
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ECONOMIC FRANCE
TEXTILES, NAVAL SHIPYARDS, STEELWORKS REORGANIZE TO FACE CRISIS
Textile Sectar Lagging
Paris VALEURS ACTUELLES in French 4-10 Jan 82 pp 45-48
[Article by Richard de Vendeuil: "Slowaawn iti T.extiles"]
- [Excerpts] It is better to sign nothing rather than endorse a bad agreement. From
- the Textile Industry Owners Union to the CFDT [French Democratic ~~onfederation pf. Labor]-
Hcuitex, the negotiation of the third multifiber agreement (AMF) has created a har-
monious whole. To the point that the prime minister has said:
"We will no longer allow countries claiming to the 'developing nations' to disturb
our markets."
The textile owners who 2 weeks earlier had demonstrated in the streets under the slogan
"don't give up, Mauroy, stand f irm," said they were reassured. Now they are concerned.
The fact is that the task of renewing the multifiher agreement which was entrusted
- to the Brussels Commission differs substantially from the position asserted by France.
That position was designed to reduce the penetration of imported textile items (accounting
for SO percent of the French market and 44 percent of that of Europe), and trereby,
secondarily, to safeguard industrial activity.
"Any 1 percent increase in imports leads to the elimination of 1,000 ~obs in France,"
Mr Pierre Dreyfus said in pleading his case in Brussels.
Despite the support of his British, Italian or Greek colleagues who favor a firm attitude
toward the four musketeers of Southeast Asia (Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Macao),
the French Ministry of Industry did not carry the day on 23 December in Brussels:
The European liberals--the Germans, Danes and Dutch--continue to support a more open
strategy (see box on p 48).
Will the decision adopted cancel out the textile strategy pursued by Mr Dreyfus?
"In any case, it received a warmer welcome than that of his predecessor," Mr Pierre
Rodes, general manager of Gaston Jaunet, has commented.
Some 35,000 jobs lost this year, 880 caurt settlements in I980, foreign trade showing
a deficit of 3 billion, domestic production which has dropped 20 percent in 3 years--
the symptons of the ailment are obvious. To prevent it from spreading to the 550,000
jobs in the textile-clothing chain, Mr Andre Giraud is encouraging investment and
- Mr Dreyfus is betting on a reduction in the social burden on enterprises.
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This alleviation of wage costs (up to 12 points for the employers' quota), a kingpin
in the plan, puts French enterprises back in the game. The percentage of social charges
they bear in comparison t~ rotal wages (41 percent in France, as compared to 20 percent
in the United States and 18 percent in the FRG) seriously limits their a~ility to
compete. The effort agreed upon (1 quota point represents 300 million francs) means
an improv~:�