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Great Britain’s first woman prime minister and conservative party leader who aggressively introduced free marker measures |
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| Thatcher’s successor who led a Conservative party increasingly divided over Great Britain’s ties to Europe. |
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| the new prime minister who moved away from Labour’s traditional socialism and favored low taxes, tightly controlled social spending, and closer ties to Europe. |
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| saw benefits of Britain’s participation. |
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| the IRA’s political wing that entered talks with British and Irish officials. |
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[image] Francois Mitterand |
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| France’s first Socialist president |
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| chancellor of West Germany |
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| a conservative mayor of Paris who was elected president of France. |
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| a conservative chancellor; presided over the reunification of Germany following the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe |
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| guided Spain into a new era of democracy as the new king |
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| leader of Spain’s democratic government |
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| Spanish voters replaced the Socialists with a conservative |
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| [image] Andreas Papandreou |
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| brought Greece into the European Community |
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| the British-ruled province torn by divisions between Protestants and Catholics. |
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| a Mediterranean island republic divided between feuding Greek and Turkish communities. |
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| voters approved creation of their own parliament to tax and legislate on local issues. |
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| voters backed plans for a less powerful assembly that would spend funds provided by the British Parliament |
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| voter concerns about government corruption, unemployment, high taxes, and increasing immigration |
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| voter concerns about government corruption, unemployment, high taxes, and increasing immigration |
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| saw a growth of inflation and unemployment in the early 1980s |
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| Irish Republican Army; fought British rule by attacking British military forces and civilians in the province and in Great Britain. |
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| [image] European Community |
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| the Common Market broadened its activities to include political and financial affairs. |
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| [image] Treaty of Maastricht |
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| signed by The European Community in 1992; it set up the European Union; aimed to extend cooperation among members. |
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| [image] Single European Act |
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| ended most obstacles to trade among EU members in 1993. |
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| principle features of the EMU |
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| protested against immigration from southern Europe and the Middle East. |
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| [image] collective security |
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| joint agreement by nations to protect themselves from attack |
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| European Union; aimed to extend cooperation among European Community members. |
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| Economic and Monetary Union; principal features will be common currency known as the Euro and central bank. |
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| [image] The Channel Tunnel |
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| linked the island country to mainland Europe after Great Britain and France had be separated for thousands of years by the English Channel. |
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| economic rebuilding after years of Communist rule required vast expenditures; closing of inefficient industries caused unemployment to soar |
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| [image] German parliament |
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| amended the constitution to reduce the flow of immigrants into Germany |
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[image] Labour Governments |
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| continued Great Britain's woes of dissatisfaction of a weak economy, high taxes, and trade union strikes |
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| cover buildings in both Protestant and Catholic Northern Ireland neighborhoods |
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| [image] Protestant majority |
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| [image] Catholic majority |
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| wanted to be part of the Republic of Ireland |
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| Long-standing Protestant discrimination in the province had led to civil rights protests during the 1960s. |
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| paved the way for peace talks among all sides |
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