European Community

I, 22 January 90: MARCO TARADASH, RADICAL, European ANTI-PROHIBITIONIST DEPUTY, AND CAROL TONGUE, RADICAL, European LABOUR DEPUTY, HAVE DEPOSITED A PROPOSITION FOR THE SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM OF THE DIFFUSION OF THE DRUG TRADE IN EASTERN EUROPE.

Burkina Faso

OUAGADOUGOU, 1-3 MARCH 90: CONGRESS OF THE POPULAR FRONT. IN HIS INTERVENTION BLAISE CAMPAORE, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, AMONG OTHER THINGS DECLARED: "IN A MOMENT IN WHICH THE WORLD IS SHAKEN BY POLITICAL, ECONOMICAL AND SOCIAL MATTERS THAT PUT THE QUESTIONS OF DEMOCRACY AND OF THE GREAT GROUPINGS ON THE AGENDA, THE AFRICAN STATES MUST ACT IN ORDER TO FIND THEIR WAY IN THE UNITY OF THE PEOPLES THAT GOES BEYOND OBSOLETE FRONTIERS OF COLONIZATION. IN OTHER WORDS, WE MUST GO BEYOND NATIONALISM, TO SERIOUSLY EXAMINE THE INSTITUTION OF CONFEDERATE OR FEDERAL STATES CAPABLE OF CREATING VIABLE POLITICAL AND ECONOMICAL SPACES, CAPABLE OF GIVING US OUR PLACE WITHIN HUMANITY BACK.

Burkina Faso

OUAGADOUGOU, 1-3 MARCH. PART OF THE DELEGATION OF THE RADICAL PARTY AT THE CONGRESS OF THE BURKINABE POPULAR FRONT WERE MARCO PANNELLA, BASILE GUISSOU, MUSTPHA SARR, ALEXANDRE DE PERLINGHI. MARCO PANNELLA INTERVENED STRESSING THE NECESSITY AND THE URGENCY TO MAKE BURKINA FASO INTO A LEGAL STATE, THE VALIDITY OF NON-VIOLENCE AS AN INSTRUMENT OF POLITICAL ACTION, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF FEDERALISM FOR AFRICA. THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL COUNCIL OF THE RADICAL PARTY WAS VERY WARMLY CHEERED.

Hungary:

BUDAPEST, 10 MARCH 90: ANNE LOSONCZY, MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL COUNCIL OF THE RADICAL PARTY AND MEMBER OF THE FOREIGN COMMISSION OF THE ALLIANCE OF THE FREE HUNGARIAN DEMOCRATS, INTERVENED AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE PAN-EUROPEAN CONGRESS WITH OTTO VON HABSBURG AS CHAIRMAN. IN HER INTERVENTION SHE STATED AMONG OTHER THINGS: "(...) I HOPE THAT THIS CONGRESS WILL BE A SUPPLEMENTARY STAGE IN THE PROCESS THAT WILL TAKE MY NATIVE COUNTRY, HUNGARY, TOWARD OUR COMMON COUNTRY, EUROPE, WITH WHICH IT IS NECESSARY TO REACH, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AN INSTITUTIONAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMICAL INTEGRATION (...)".

Hungary:

ROME, 17 OF MARCH 90: HUNGARIAN MINISTER OF DOMESTIC AFFAIRS STATED DURING A MEETING OF THE MINISTERS OF DOMESTIC AFFAIRS OF TEN European COUNTRIES: "WE ARE FORCED TO COLLABORATE WITH THE REST OF EUROPE IN THE WAR AGAINST DRUGS. DRUGS, A COMPLETELY SECONDARY PROBLEM UP TO NOW, IS RAPIDLY SPREADING IN HUNGARY".

Bulgaria:

ROME, 17 OF MARCH 90: THE BULGARIAN MINISTER FOR DOMESTIC AFFAIRS STATED, DURING THE SAME MEETING mentioned above: "FROM A COUNTRY OF TRANSITION WE ARE BECOMING A COUNTRY OF DESTINATION".

Soviet Union:

MOSCOW; 17 OF MARCH 90. ASSERTION OF THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM TO MEET. IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THE KGB ATTEMPTED TO PREVENT THE COURSE OF THE RADICAL CONFERENCE IN THE LENINSKI GORY SCHOOL OF CINEMA, THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE BOARD OF TEACHERS REFUSED TO BE INTIMIDATED AND RECONFIRMED THEIR FIRM WISH TO HOLD THE MEETING. AFTER A 3 HOUR DISCUSSION DURING WHICH AMONG OTHERS IVANA STEPANOVA, DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL'S CINEMA CLASS, NIKOLAJ KHRAMOV AND IRINA PODLESOVA OF THE RADICAL ASSOCIATION OF MOSCOW AND MARINO BUSDACHIN OF THE FEDERAL COUNCIL OF THE RADICAL PARTY INTERVENED, ABOUT TEN PEOPLE JOINED THE RADICAL PARTY.

Soviet Union:

MOSCOW, 20TH OF MARCH 90: RADICALS IN MOSCOW WERE REFUSED THE USE OF THE ROOM. MUSICAL SCHOOL N.57, WHERE THE PUBLIC ASSEMBLY WAS TO BE HELD, WAS BARRED. THE MEETING, AT WHICH 80 PEOPLE TOOK PART, WAS HELD IN SPITE OF THIS, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. THE POLICE WERE WATCHING ON BUT DID NOT INTERFERE. AT THE END OF THE DEMONSTRATION 36 PEOPLE JOINED THE RADICAL PARTY.

Soviet Union:

MOSCOW, 20 MARCH 90: AFANASIEV, LEADER OF THE INTER-REGIONAL DEPUTIES, MEETS THE RADICALS. NEW PROSPECTIVES OF DIALOGUE AND OF COLLABORATION WITHIN THE COMMITTEE OF "CIVIL ACTION" WHICH COUNTS AMONG ITS MEMBERS OVER 100 DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENTS OF OPPOSITION, OPEN UP. AT THE END OF THE MEETING AFANASIEV STATED: IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT THE RADICALS TAKE ACTIVE PART IN THE POLITICAL PHASE OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF DEMOCRACY IN USSR, THEIR EXPERIENCE, THEIR BEING DIFFERENT AND STRICTLY DEMOCRATIC AND NON-VIOLENT, CAN BE A LANDMARK OF DIALOGUE FOR MANY OF THE NEW DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENTS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED LATELY IN MOSCOW AND IN THE SOVIET UNION".

Hungary-Transilvania

BUDAPEST, 22 MARCH 90. IN A STATEMENT RELEASED AFTER THE DRAMATIC EVENTS OF TURGU MURES, OLIVIER DUPUIS, MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL COUNCIL OF THE RADICAL PARTY, AMONG OTHER THINGS STATED: (...) WE HAVE SAID OVER AND OVER, AND WE HAVE BEEN LARGELY CENSORED BY THE VARIOUS HUNGARIAN MEDIA, THAT THE MINORITIES OF RUMANIA CAN AND MUST BECOME AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE THE MINORITIES OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (...) ANOTHER REASON, IF ANOTHER ONE WERE NEEDED, IN FAVOUR OF THE ENTRY OF HUNGARY IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (....)".

Italy:

ROME, 23 MARCH 90:

RESOLUTION PRESENTED BY RADICAL GIUSEPPE CALDERISI, DEPUTY, PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN FEDERALIST GROUP IN PARLIAMENT. AFTER HAVING STATED THAT "THE FIRM BELIEF THAT THE RADICAL CHANGES IN THE COUNTRIES OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE AND THE OPENING OF NEW NEGOTIATIONS FOR DISARMAMENT MAKE THE PROSPECTIVE OF A MEETING IN THE CONTEXT OF A COMMON DEMOCRATIC PATTERN EVEN MORE UP TO DATE, BETWEEN European COUNTRIES THAT HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FOR MANY YEARS BY AN IRON CURTAIN", THE MOTION REAFFIRMS IN PARTICULAR THE NECESSITY TO START A GRADUAL PROCESS OF FULL INTEGRATION OF EASTERN GERMANY IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, TO START NEGOTIATIONS AT AN INTER-GOVERNMENTAL LEVEL FOR THE FULFILMENT OF ECONOMICAL AND MONETARY UNITY, THE NECESSITY TO BROADEN THE MEDITATION ON THE REFORM OF THE COMMUNITY BEYOND ECONOMICAL AND MONETARY UNITY AND ITS INSTITUTIONAL IMPLICATIONS.

Hungary:

BUDAPEST, 23 MARCH 90: THE ITDK ASSOCIATION HAS INVITED OLIVIER DUPUIS TO EXPRESS THE AIMS AND THE METHODS OF THE RADICAL PARTY. AFTER THE MEETING SANDOR LEVAI, PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION, DECIDED TO JOIN THE PARTY.

Czechoslovakia

PRAGUE, 23 MARCH 90: THE CZECHOSLOVAKIAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO PROPOSE TO THE FEDERAL PARLIAMENT THE ABOLITION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AND TO SUBSTITUTE IT WITH LIFE SENTENCE, TO BE APPLIED ONLY IN CASES OF EXTREMELY SERIOUS CRIMES. THE DECISION OF THE GOVERNMENT IS THE RESULT OF A LONG CAMPAIGN LED BY THE CZECHOSLOVAKIAN RADICALS. "THIS IS - THE CZECHOSLOVAKIAN RADICAL STATED - THE FIRST IMPORTANT RESULT OUR CAMPAIGN HAS OBTAINED, THANKS ALSO TO THE INITIATIVE OF THE RADICALS ALL OVER EUROPE.

ITALY:

ROME, 29 MARCH 90. RECEIVING GIANCARLO LOQUENZI, DIRECTOR OF THE RADICAL RADIO, THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC COSSIGA RENEWED HIS SUPPORT IN FAVOUR OF A SOLUTION THAT CAN SAVE IT FROM CLOSING DOWN. HE ALSO ASSURED THAT HE IS A REGULAR AND AFFECTIONATE LISTENER.

Soviet union:

MOSCOW, 30 MARCH 90: THE ARMY BROKE INTO THE OFFICE OF THE RADICAL PARTY IN MOSCOW TO ARREST RADICAL PRONOZIN, WHO HAD FAILED TO APPEAR AT THE CALL-UP. ABSENT AT THAT MOMENT, ALEXANDER PRONOZIN IS THEREFORE FREE FOR THE MOMENT. WE WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THAT HE RISKS FOR THIS OFFENCE A SENTENCE OF UP TO 3 YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT.

Hungary:

BUDAPEST, MARCH 90. SURVEY. "ARE YOU PERSONALLY VERY FAVOURABLE, RATHER FAVOURABLE, RATHER CONTRARY, VERY CONTRARY TO:

- A CONFEDERATION BETWEEN HUNGARY, CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND POLAND (VACLAV HAVEL'S SUGGESTION)?

- THE ENTRY OF HUNGARY IN THE COMMON MARKET OF THE COUNTRIES OF WESTERN EUROPE?

Central-european

Confederation Entry in the C.M.

Very favourable 06 54

Rather favourable 26 32

Rather contrary 29 03

Very contrary 22 01

Abstained 17 10

Survey conducted by the Median Institute in Budapest for the "Nouvel Observateur" from the 10th to the 12th of march on a sample of 1199 people above the age of 18 representative of the Hungarian population.

Soviet Union:

MOSCOW, MARCH 90: THE "MOSCOW TRIBUNE", THE "MEMORIAL", THE "ASSOCIATION OF THE ELECTORS OF MOSCOW", MANY OTHER DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS MANY SOVIET PERSONAGES HAVE CREATED A NEW MOVEMENT CALLED "CIVIL ACTION" WHICH AIMS AT CONTRIBUTING TO THE FULFILMENT OF THE ESSENTIAL DEMOCRATIC REFORMS. RADICAL ASSOCIATION "FREEDOM AND PEACE" HAS JOINED THIS INITIATIVE.

AFTER HAVING DENOUNCED THE MANY TROUBLES THAT SLOW DOWN OR PREVENT THE ADVENT OF TRUE DEMOCRACY IN THE USSR, THE AUTHORS OF THE MANIFESTO FOR THE FOUNDATION OF "CIVIL ACTION" NUMBER A SERIES OF PRIORITIES ON THE MOVEMENT'S AGENDA: THE STIPULATION OF A NEW AGREEMENT ON UNION THAT PROVIDES FREE ADHESION OF THE STATES AND OF THE SOVEREIGN PEOPLES; THE ELIMINATION OF All MONOPOLIES; THE CONCESSION OF LAND TO THE PEOPLE WHO FARM; THE SEPARATION BETWEEN STATE AND PARTY; THE GUARANTEE OF PLURALISM IN SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL LIFE; THE DEMOCRATIC REFORM OF THE ARMY; THE REFORM OF THE KGB.

IT IS ALSO INTERESTING TO REMARK THAT THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE JOINED IN COMMIT THEMSELVES TO USE THE METHODS OF NON-VIOLENT ACTIONS AGAINST REACTIONARY ACTIONS AND DECISIONS.

Yugoslavia-Croatia

ZAGREB 2-4-90. THE SIGNATURES OF THE CANDIDATES OF THE EVROPSKA ZELENA LISTA ELECTORAL COALITION (European GREEN LIST) HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED.

AMONG THE CANDIDATES OF THE COALITION ARE SIX RADICALS FROM RUSED (RADICAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE UNITED STATES OF EUROPE). VITO CESMADZISKI, DIANA REXHEPI, ZELJKO ROSKO ARE CANDIDATES FOR THE CROATIAN CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. IGOR BUI, ZORAN MIKETIC, PREDEGAN GORAN ARE CANDIDATES FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ZAGREB. MOREOVER, 5 MEMBERS OF THE RADICAL PARTY ARE CANDIDATES IN OTHER POLITICAL MOVEMENTS.

Yugoslavia-Croatia

KRKA (SIBERNIK) 8 APRIL 90 - ECOLOGICAL RADICAL HAPPENING ON THE RIVER KRKA IN DALMATIA FOR THE INSTALLATION OF DEPURATORS THAT RESPOND TO THE STANDARDS OF THE European COMMUNITY. "LET'S SAVE KRKA NATIONAL PARK", THIS WAS THE SLOGAN OF THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE ELECTORAL COALITION "GREEN European LIST" AGAINST POLLUTION OF THE RIVER AND OF THE FORESTS OF THE NATIONAL PARK, CAUSED BY THE MANY FACTORIES AND DISCHARGES OF THE AREA. APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE, IN SPITE OF THE BAD WEATHER, TOOK PART IN THE DEMONSTRATION THAT ENDED WITH A ROCK CONCERT OF THE AUSTRON GROUP.