Page 14-Tuesday, June 12, 1979-The Michigan Daily Coalition forms in popularly elected Common Market BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - A cen- ter-right coalition capable of dominating the new popularly elected European Parliament was announced yesterday even before final results of the multi-national ballot were declared. Newly elected representative Jean- Francois Pintat of France, leader of the Liberal faction in the Common Market's former non-elected assembly, said the Liberals would join forces with the Conservatives and Christian Democrats for election of a president of the new Common Market chamber when it meets in Strasbourg, France, on July 17. On the basis of virtually final returns in eight of the nine member-countries, with only Ireland's results still out, the coalition was projected to have 207 seats in the 410-member Parliament, one vote more than a majority. About 108.2 million of an eligible 180 million persons voted in the Thursday and Sun- day elections. THE SOCIALISTS were projected to emerge as the largest single political group, as they were in the old assem- bly, but their share of the seats dropped from 33 per cent to 27 per cent for 111 seats. The new Parliament replaces the former 198-member group whose members were appointed by gover- nments of the member nations. The Parliament has very limited powers, and will function mainly as an advisory body to the 13-member Executive Commission and the Supreme Council of Ministers, which run Common Market affairs. MANY PARLIAMENTARIANS, in- cluding even the Communists, are dedicated to "democratizing" the community, to make the Council's nine foreign ministers and the Executive Commission, which heads the bureaucracy, more answerable to the will of the 280 million community inhabitants. The Council is meeting in Luxem- bourg, ostensibly to prepare for a Common Market summit June 21-22 in Strasbourg. But the ministers undoub- tedly will discuss the outcome of the elections and the implications of a possibly refractory Parliament. Big losers in the ballot were Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac's Gaullists and the British Socialists, an outcome that heartened those in favor of an eventual United States of Europe since the two parties have been outspoken opponents of further moves toward a federal Europe, and of any extension of the powers of the new Parliament. THE CHRISTIAN Democrats were projected to win 106 seats, the Conser- vatives, 63; Communists, 44; Liberals, 40; Progressive Democrats, 23; in- dependents, 23; and small splinter par- ties the rest. The European Broadcasting Union, with links to networks in all nine coun- tries, provided the statistics. Common Market buzzed with post mortems on the outcome of the elec- tions. There was general agreement that the British Labor Party's bad showing - only 17 of Britain's 81- member delegation - was mainly due to the relative obscurity of its can- didates. The single largest national party in the assembly will be British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's Conser- vatives, who won a bloc of 60 seats ac- cording to a final counting in Britain. In France, Italy, West Germany and elsewhere, well-known personalities were chosen. Enjoy your summer break without going broke. C YiiV( a - ------ - --jj-jj- 1 .. . i . _ _..._ ....._...... .._.. --- wfiffi=%rl II .,' Oil stockpiling cited Sincurrent gas crisis Continued from Page 12) States. But Dougherty cited figures first three months of a year. But he said from the International Energy Agency the reduction this year was only one- indicating other oil-exporting nations fourth of what it was the same period appar to have increased their produc- last year. tion to make up the difference. 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But many of the commissioners said Gotthainer was innocent until proven guilty, and would take no action against him until they were convinced of his guilt. Commissioner Wendell Allen called the reports of Gotthainer's impending indictment "rumors that we've heard in the newspapers." He said he wanted to hear "the other side of the story." COMMISSIONER Catherine Mc- Clary (D-Ann Arbor) said she was told by Washtenaw County officials who had worked in Suffolk County in the past, that the indictment was a political move aimed at Gotthainer's former boss, Republican John Kline, Suffolk County Executive. McClary said the Republicans are holding their convention in Suffolk County today in order to pick a can- didate for county executive. She said later Gotthainer oversaw some 6,000 budget proposals each year as part of his job preparing the county budget. 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