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Starting from the seven repulses met with the political union, the author describes the main european institutions and underlines their weaknesses. Awaiting the political union for 1980 he suggests immediate institutional improvements for a better and a more democratie working of the community, actually a rather intergovernmental cooperation : the right for the Parliament to control the use of the own resources since 1975 of the european community and the necessity of a direct election of their members ; the nomination in each state of a full occupied minister for european affairs charged with the different problems and assuming a link between the national and european government; the revalorization of the aims of the economie and social committee ; a larger application of article 235 of the treaty as it was the case recently for the educational cooperation.

2 major areas of internat'l exchange relations in Europe are noted: (a) sci'fic & pedagogic activities, & (b) cultural activities. 8 specific ways of exchange in pedagogic & sci'fic activities & 8 ways of cultural exchange are noted. It is seen that while exchange has been promoted particularly among the member nations of the European Common Market & has the ultimate aim of facilitating the formation of a European pol'al federation, ideally cultural relations with such countries as Turkey, the UK, & Pakistan should also be increased. But Belgium is a small country whose means of action are limited & which cannot afford to disperse its efforts too much. It is noted that France in 1963 spent 403 million new francs on internat'l cultural relations, which represented 37% of the budget of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Belgium is viewed as occupying an avant-garde position in internat'l relations in Europe. M. Maxfield.