Blow for Kohl in elections | Socialist Action 1983

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THE LOSSES suffered by the ruling West German Christian Democrats in last week's regional elections were lescribed as "bitter by Chancellor Helmut Kohl.

Tari ascribed the defeat to opposition to the austerity policy of his government.

city-state of Bremen there waS decisive victory for the Social Democrats. A few reeks ago a decision was made to close the AG Weser shipyard in the city.

The workers occupied the plant, joining other shipyard workers Hamburg taken similar action. Since then the Hamburg workers have voted to end their occupation, but the Bremen occupation continues.

These the first significant occupations ' by West German workers since 1955. 'ECONOMIC recovery is under way in the industrial| That was the judgement of the Monetary Fund managing director Jacques de Larosiere at its annual meeting in New York.

But the upturn will not resolve the problem of countries like Brazil which owes $90 billion to the world's financial institutions, nor will it mean lessening

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Socialist Action 7 October 1983