Westland affair (original) (raw)
L'« affaire Westland » est le nom donné à une crise gouvernementale qui frappa le cabinet Thatcher en 1985.
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| dbo:abstract | Die Westland-Affäre war eine innerpolitische Auseinandersetzung zwischen der konservativen Premierministerin Margaret Thatcher und dem Kabinettsmitglied Michael Heseltine Ende 1985 bis Mitte 1986. Grund der Auseinandersetzung war die Zukunft des in ökonomische Schwierigkeiten geratenen einzigen britischen Hubschrauberherstellers Westland Helicopters. Während Verteidigungsminister Heseltine eine Übernahme der Firma durch ein europäisches Konsortium bevorzugte, hatte Thatcher sich dem Votum der Firmenmanager angeschlossen und eine Kooperation mit der amerikanischen Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation bevorzugt. Im Verlauf wurde die Westland-Affäre zunehmend in der Öffentlichkeit ausgetragen und fügte Thatchers Ansehen schweren politischen Schaden zu. Im Ergebnis trat Heseltine von seinem Posten zurück. Thatchers Gefolgsmann Leon Brittan musste ebenfalls von seinem Kabinettsposten zurücktreten, nachdem bekannt wurde, dass er ein Dossier der Presse zugespielt hatte, um Heseltines Position zu unterminieren. In der Folge musste Thatcher eine kritische Unterhausdebatte überstehen. (de) L'« affaire Westland » est le nom donné à une crise gouvernementale qui frappa le cabinet Thatcher en 1985. (fr) The Westland affair in 1985–86 was an episode in which Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and her Secretary of State for Defence, Michael Heseltine, went public over a cabinet dispute with questions raised about whether the conventions of cabinet government were being observed and about the integrity of senior politicians. The argument was over the future of Westland Helicopters, Britain's last helicopter manufacturer, which was to be the subject of a rescue bid. The Defence Secretary, Heseltine, favoured a European solution, integrating Westland with a consortium including British Aerospace (BAe), Italian (Agusta) and French companies. Thatcher and Trade and Industry Secretary Leon Brittan, while ostensibly maintaining a neutral stance, wanted to see Westland merge with Sikorsky, an American company. Heseltine refused to accept Thatcher's choice and claimed that Thatcher had refused to allow a free ministerial discussion of the matter, even suggesting that she had lied about cancelling a scheduled meeting. In January 1986, when he was ordered to cease campaigning for his European consortium, he resigned and walked out of a Cabinet meeting. Brittan was then forced to resign for having—on the orders of Thatcher's aides, he admitted some years later—ordered the leaking to the press of a confidential legal letter critical of Heseltine, and for his lack of candour to the House of Commons about his efforts to persuade BAe to withdraw from Heseltine's consortium. Thatcher's survival as Prime Minister briefly appeared in question, but she rode out the crisis. The episode nonetheless was an embarrassment to the Conservative Thatcher government and undermined her reputation. (en) L'Affare Westland si riferisce alla vendita della Westland Helicopters, l'ultima industria britannica costruttrice di elicotteri, nel periodo 1985–86: la premier britannica Margaret Thatcher e Michael Heseltine, Segretario di Stato per la difesa, entrarono pubblicamente in contrasto in quanto Heseltine era favorevole a una soluzione "europea", che integrava la Westland in un consorzio comprendente la British Aerospace (BAe), la italiana (Agusta) e altre compagnie francesi mentre la Thatcher, insieme a Leon Brittan, , propendevano che la Westland venisse accorpata alla compagnia statunitense Sikorsky. Heseltine rifiutò la scelta della Thatcher, accusandola di non volere una discussione ministeriale sul tema e, nel gennaio 1986, diede le dimissioni da Segretario alla Difesa; poco dopo anche Brittan fu costretto alle dimissioni per aver fatto trapelare alla stampa una lettera critica verso Heseltine. (it) |
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| rdfs:comment | L'« affaire Westland » est le nom donné à une crise gouvernementale qui frappa le cabinet Thatcher en 1985. (fr) Die Westland-Affäre war eine innerpolitische Auseinandersetzung zwischen der konservativen Premierministerin Margaret Thatcher und dem Kabinettsmitglied Michael Heseltine Ende 1985 bis Mitte 1986. Grund der Auseinandersetzung war die Zukunft des in ökonomische Schwierigkeiten geratenen einzigen britischen Hubschrauberherstellers Westland Helicopters. Während Verteidigungsminister Heseltine eine Übernahme der Firma durch ein europäisches Konsortium bevorzugte, hatte Thatcher sich dem Votum der Firmenmanager angeschlossen und eine Kooperation mit der amerikanischen Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation bevorzugt. Im Verlauf wurde die Westland-Affäre zunehmend in der Öffentlichkeit ausgetragen und fügte Thatchers Ansehen schweren politischen Schaden zu. Im Ergebnis trat Heseltine von seinem Posten zu (de) The Westland affair in 1985–86 was an episode in which Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and her Secretary of State for Defence, Michael Heseltine, went public over a cabinet dispute with questions raised about whether the conventions of cabinet government were being observed and about the integrity of senior politicians. Thatcher's survival as Prime Minister briefly appeared in question, but she rode out the crisis. The episode nonetheless was an embarrassment to the Conservative Thatcher government and undermined her reputation. (en) L'Affare Westland si riferisce alla vendita della Westland Helicopters, l'ultima industria britannica costruttrice di elicotteri, nel periodo 1985–86: la premier britannica Margaret Thatcher e Michael Heseltine, Segretario di Stato per la difesa, entrarono pubblicamente in contrasto in quanto Heseltine era favorevole a una soluzione "europea", che integrava la Westland in un consorzio comprendente la British Aerospace (BAe), la italiana (Agusta) e altre compagnie francesi mentre la Thatcher, insieme a Leon Brittan, , propendevano che la Westland venisse accorpata alla compagnia statunitense Sikorsky. (it) |
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