European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday. February 26, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 3 prospects Good for european Summit Csc forum poised to play major role bad my tar rant Brussels Bureau Brussels. Belgium to now appears Likely thai nato the Warsaw pact and the Neutral countries of Europe will hold a Summit this ear to usher in a Brave new world of european integration. The framework for that Summit will be provided by an increasingly influential institution that is still largely unfamiliar to most americans the conference on Security and cooperation in Europe known As the Csc e. Founded in the Early 1970s, the conference evolved As a Means of putting practical applications to the idea of detente. The group s first years of led to the adoption of the Helsinki accords in i is. Winch set out practical standards for East West Urcla. A and was signed by All 35 participating a. Is also set up the Structure for follow up Reno tins c of economic Secu Rity and political issues in Europe. Now the conference stands poised to take on grow ing importance Partis because it is the Only existing institution representing Europe the United Stales and Canada. Albania is the sole european country not involved in the conference. If is j was the sear of sweeping Awa. To must become the sear of building Secretary of state James a. Raker 111 said earlier this month in a speech in Prague. Czechoslovakia. Among other things. Baker proposed expanding the role of the conference to Monitor and carry out free elections in the new democracies of Eastern Europe. A Csc Summit was first called for by soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev aril was recently endorsed by the 12 members of the european Community. The United Stales has said it would like to Sec a Summit of the group this year but Only if it could also serve As the occasion for the signing Ofa conventional arms control treaty. Whether or not the treaty is ready for signing this sear it is apparent that such a Summit would he Host to some of the most fundamental questions facing Europe since the end of world War ii. We want to look at the political and Security picture for a senior nato official said. We think it would be a very Good moment to look at How far we have come where we arc and where Europe is going to the meeting which would be held at the Heads of state level would discuss a wide Range of issues according to Western leaders and defense experts. These issues include confirming German reunification in the context of strengthening european integration. The military role of a United Germany would be the catalyst for launching a new Security framework for Europe from the Atlantic to the urals. The changing role of the two opposing alliances. Nato and the Warsaw pact. Arms control. Delegates would probably tackle the Issue of new talks to further reduce conventional weapons and ensure stability in Europe. Human rights and codifying free elections throughout Eastern Europe. Because of the Sie of the Agenda the meeting will have to be very carefully prepared the nato official said. No location for the Summit has been agreed on. Although both France and Austria have offered to hos it according to Western diplomats. The european Community would like representatives of the 35 Mem Ber states to meet in july to prepare the Summit s Agenda and organization. Western leaders arc careful to say that the Csc must not evolve As a substitute for nato or Lead to the formation of peace keeping forces like those of the United nations. Rather the conference should enhance the work of the Alliance and other institutions such As the european Community. Nevertheless a successful outcome to the arms control talks in Vienna. Austria could greatly strengthen the Secu Rity role of the conference in Europe. There is also some support for setting up an administrative secretarial for the Csc which would include agencies in such Fields As the environment and Energy the official said. In addition to the political Summit nato officials arc looking Forward to a Csc meeting in Bonn West Germany beginning March 19, that will explore the conference s economic aspects. Western Alliance officials Hope the meeting will focus on the problems of creating Market oriented economics in Eastern Europe. This is also a Way to Deal politically with problems of the soviet Union and the countries of Eastern Europe in a non ideological cooperative the nato official said. 3 networks can to use one exit poll new York api the three major television networks and Cable news net work have agreed to create a single exit poll for election Days according to a published report two senior network officials told the new York times that the networks agreed to cooperate to Cut costs and to avoid the Competition that has resulted in predictions of winners before All votes Are cast. C is. Abc. Abc and can Are to be equal partners in the group which is to be called voter research and sur Veys the times said in sunday s Edi network is to receive the same information at the same time on election Days the newspaper Public announcement is expected this week. Spokesmen for the four net works said they could not officially con firm the agreement the times said. Observers said the group polling would Cut Down on the Competition to be the first network to declare a Winner. There s a Public perception that such Early projections Are a disenfranchise men t of the West since results have been announced there before voting concluded said Eleanor Singer a re search scientist at Columbia University. But the newspaper quoted network executives As saying that saving Mone was the driving Force behind the pooling. Head Down camera up secs Gui Schutt Tler a c-5 Galaxy comes in for a Landing during nato Maneu vers in Bardu Foss Norway. The rather close encounter Between the Mammoth cargo Carrier and a car driving photographer took place at array encounter last week. One hand was steering the car while the other hand was snap Ping the shutter. Greek parliament fails to elect chief of state Athens. Greece a parliament on sunday failed to elect a head of state in its second round of voting after the conservative party. New democracy abstained from the Roll Call. The action made it impossible for either of the two candidates incumbent president Christos Sarulla Kis and former parliament speaker Yannis Alevras to receive the necessary number of Voles. New democracy Greece s largest political group also abstained in the first round of voting last monday and has said it will abstain again in the candidate for a five year term in the largely ceremonial Post of president must win at least 200 votes in the first two rounds of balloting in the 300-Mcmber unicameral parliament and 180 Voles in the third. The conservatives hold 148 seats the socialist party 128 and the communists 21. Three seals belong to independents. Alevras. Backed by the socialists received 127 votes. Sart Elakis received 21 votes from the communist Alliance. Four deputies were absent from the chamber. In the first round of voting. Sane Takis. Who ran unopposed received 151 votes. House speaker Alha Nassios Tsaldaris said the third round will be held on March 3. Parties May propose a different candidate in each this month. Parliament agreed to hold Gener Al elections april 8, anticipating a deadlock in the presidential balloting. The first task of the new parliament will be to continue voting for a new president new democracy Leader Constantine i Tsitakis met with his party s parliamentary group one hour before the voting sunday and repeated that the conservatives will abstain from the present balloting. In the first round of voting after general elections a presidential candidate needs Only 180 votes to win in the second at least 151 and in the third round the candidate who wins the most votes will be elected. Former Premier Andreas Papandreou s socialist party dropped its backing for Sart Ciakis last week nominating instead Yannis Alevras. Alevras 78, a vet eran Trade unionist and co founder of the socialist party was parliament speaker during the 1981-89 Papandreou government. Sarzetakis 61, was elected by the socialist party and the communist party in 1985. His term expires on March 29
