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THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF COMMUNISM CAME FIRST IN THE EAST. COMMUNIST REFUGEES FROM SOVIET REPRESSION, AND THE RECOGNITION OF THE DIFFERENCES IN EUROPEAN AND RUSSIAN CULTURES, HAVE AFFECTED WESTERN COMMUNIST PARTIES. SUCH DEMOCRATIZATION IN THE WEST HAS ADVANCED MOST IN COUNTRIES WHERE THE COMMUNISTS HAVE SOMETHING TO GAIN ELECTORALLY.

Council of Ministers: The European Economic Community (EEC) Council Of Ministers met on July 29–30, 1964, to discuss the fusion of the EEC, the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), and the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). It also discussed the question of Austria's future relations with the Community and instructed the permanent representatives to prepare draft directives to permit the opening of negotiations with Austria on the subject.

A NATIONAL REFLEX WAS CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED BY THE ELECTORATE ON 17 JUNE 1984 WHEN GAINS WERE MADE BY THE SOCIALIST PARTIES, ESPECIALLY THE FLEMISH SOCIALIST PARTY (SP), AS WELL AS THE GREENS IN FLANDERS (AGALEV) AND WALLONIA (ECOLO). IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT VOTES CAST FOR OPPOSITION PARTIES CAN HARDLY BE SEEN AS SUPPORT FOR THE POLICIES PURSUED BY THE CENTRE-RIGHT COALITION GOVERNMENT OF CHRISTIAN-DEMOCRATS AND LIBERALS, IN OFFICE SINCE THE LAST GENERAL ELECTION OF OCTOBER 1981.