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Europe: I Struggle, I Overcome

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  1. Wilfried Martens

    1. Handelstraat/Rue du Commerce 10, Brussels, Belgium

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Looking Back on My Life

    • Wilfried Martens
    Pages 5-21

  3. Conviction and Responsibility

    • Wilfried Martens
    Pages 23-42

  4. In Charge of a Restless State

    • Wilfried Martens
    Pages 43-66

  5. Small Country, Large Responsibilities

    • Wilfried Martens
    Pages 67-88

  6. My Road Towards Maastricht

    • Wilfried Martens
    Pages 89-108

  7. “O Hellenic Shore Where Our Fathers Dwell …”

    • Wilfried Martens
    Pages 109-128

  8. The Fall of Santer

    • Wilfried Martens
    Pages 129-154

  9. A Cordon Sanitaire Around Austria

    • Wilfried Martens
    Pages 155-172

  10. “He Did Not Take the Fruit of Those Who Had Planted the Tree …”

    • Wilfried Martens
    Pages 173-188

  11. Pushing Forward in Europe and Beyond

    • Wilfried Martens
    Pages 189-222

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 223-276
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About this book

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Wilfried Martens is one of the most distinguished politicians to come from Belgium in the last ffty years. In his long poli- cal career, he has always fought for the implementation of his goals with passion and deep conviction. What has to be mentioned frst in this context is his s- cessful advocacy of federalism in his home country, Belgium. Already in his time as chair of the CVP youth league from 1967 to 1972, groundbreaking manifestos on Belgium’s federali- tion were written under his auspices. Later on, as President of the CVP, he succeeded in negotiating the Egmont Pact, whose essential elements form part of today’s federal Belgian C- stitution. He served as Prime Minister for more than a decade, and in this role he convinced the regions and linguistic groups of his country, which were often at odds with each other, of the necessity for cooperation and solidarity.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Handelstraat/Rue du Commerce 10, Brussels, Belgium

    Wilfried Martens

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Europe: I Struggle, I Overcome

  • Authors: Wilfried Martens

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89289-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-89288-5Published: 28 August 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-43155-5Published: 18 July 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-89289-2Published: 24 August 2009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 276

  • Additional Information: Original Dutch edition published by Lanno, Tielt, 2006

  • Topics: History, general, Popular Science, general, Political Science, European Integration

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