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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.

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  • Westland-Affäre (de)
  • Affaire Westland (fr)
  • Affare Westland (it)
  • Westland affair (en)
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  • 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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