英国新任首相约翰·梅杰  

New British Prime Minister John Major

作　　者：申义怀 杨义萍 

出　　处：《现代国际关系》1991年第1期56-60,65,共6页

摘　　要：1990年11月,英国保守党经过两周的激烈角逐、明争暗斗,约翰·梅杰终于当选保守党领袖并出任英国首相,结束了撒切尔夫人的11年执政。After Mrs. Thatcher's resignment lastnovember, Chancellor of the Exchequer John Major was elected as British PrimeMinister, and this was the result of a hot struggle within the ConservativeParty. In order to enhance the Party's unity and be ready for victory in thecoming national election and another term as Prime Minister of the government,Mr. Major has set up a cabinet composed of members from various factionsof the Conservative Party and pursuing a policy characteristic of both 'con-tinuency' and 'flexibility', namely: (1) proceeding with the monetarist policyand giving first priority to the control of the inflation while appropriately increasingthe investment to prompt the economic prosperity and halt the present economiccrisis as early as possible with a view to improving the prestige of the ConservativeParty among the British voters; (2) pursuing an internal policy emphasizing demo-cracy in the cabinet and role of intellectuals and civil service so as to assure suc-cessful implementation of the government's guide principles and policies, meanwhileadjusting the poll tax to lessen people's complaints on the Conservative government;(3) following a foreign policy tending to stand closer to Europe and take a positivepart in the European construction, thus to promote the process of the Europeanintegration and to further push the Soviet and East European reforms, while main-taining the Anglo-American special ties, as well as developing steadily the relationshipWith China. In short, being in line with his predecessor's policies, Prime MinisterMajor has made some moderate adjustments.

关 键 词：英国保守党 梅杰 撒切尔政府 人头税 首相 英美特殊关系 财政大臣 领袖 通货膨胀率 经济危机 

分 类 号：D81[政治法律—国际关系]