Title Europe : I struggle, I overcome / Wilfried Martens ; foreword by Angela Merkel

Published Dordrecht ; New York : Springer ; [Berlin] : Center for European Studies, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 276 pages) : illustrations (some color) Contents Machine generated contents note: Ch. I Looking back on my life -- Ch. II Conviction and responsibility -- Ch. III In charge of a restless state -- Ch. IV Small country, large responsibilities -- Ch. V My road towards Maastricht -- Ch. VI "O Hellenic shore where our fathers dwell ..." -- Ch. VII fall of Santer -- Ch. VIII Cordon Sanitaire around Austria -- Ch. IX "He did not take the fruit of those who had planted the tree ..." -- Ch. X Pushing forward in Europe and beyond Summary Wilfried Martens has devoted his entire life to politics: as student leader, youth activist, President of the Flemish Christian Democrats, Prime Minister of Belgium, President of the European People's Party and European statesman. This autobiography offers the inside story on running a complex country like Belgium Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record In Springer eBooks Subject Martens, Wilfried. SUBJECT Martens, Wilfried fast Subject European People's Party. SUBJECT European People's Party fast Subject Statesmen -- Belgium -- Biography Ex-prime ministers -- Belgium -- Biography History. History history (discipline) BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. HISTORY -- General. Sciences humaines. Sciences sociales. Ex-prime ministers Politics and government Statesmen SUBJECT Belgium -- Politics and government -- 1951-1993. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85012998 Subject Belgium Genre/Form autobiographies (literary works) Autobiographies Biographies Autobiographies. Biographies. Autobiographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9783540892892 3540892893

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