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Parliamentary, municipal, and rural/village elections dominated the year. A clear swing to the Labour Party was the main pattern in the voting behaviour at all polls. Economic development came under mounting pressure. The end of the Multi-Fibre Agreement (MFA), the re-negotiation of the sugar protocol with the EU and a dramatic increase in energy (oil) and …