Press Conference ending Brussels visit (NATO and EC)
| Document type: | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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| Venue: | International Press Centre, Boulevard Charlemagne I, Brussels |
| Source: | (1) Daily Telegraph, 3 December 1977 (2) The Times, 3 December 1977 (3) Guardian, 3 December 1977 |
| Journalist: | (1) Alan Osborn, Daily Telegraph, reporting (2) Michael Hornsby, The Times, reporting (3) Patrick Keatley, Guardian, reporting |
| Editorial comments: | Available on CD-ROM only. 1730-c1815. The The Sun - under the headline "Maggie blocks gravy train" - reported her remark about proposed pound20-30,000 salaries for Members of the European Parliament: "I think this is a very high salary, and I doubt if it will be agreed by Parliament" (3 December 1977). The Financial Times (3 December 1977) differed from the other papers in reporting that MT had promised greater flexibility than Labour on devaluing the green pound. Transcript of an interview by Alan Osborn published in the Daily Telegraph on 3 December 1977 and reproduced with permission of Alan Osborn and the Telegraph Group Limited.Transcript of an article by Patrick Keatley published in The Guardian on 3 December 1977 and reproduced with the permission of Guardian and Observer News Services. |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 1248 |
| Themes: | Agriculture, European Union (general) |