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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martens, Wilfried.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Statesmen--Belgium--Biography.

Statesmen.

Ex-prime ministers--Belgium--Biography.

Ex-prime ministers.

Belgium--Politics and government--1951-1993.

Belgium.

European People's Party.

Martens, Wilfried.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 276 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; London : Center for European Studies, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Wilfried Martens - Europe: I Struggle, I Overcome Foreword by Angela Merkel 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. In his autobiography Martens offers the inside story on running a complex country like Belgium, fighting for European integration and unification, and transforming the European People's Party into a strong, united centre-right movement and leading European political family. Above all, this is book about the intricacies of European politics and its guiding ideas, values and principles. The processing of the manuscript was concluded in 2008.

Contents:

Looking Back on My Life

Conviction and Responsibility

In Charge of a Restless State

Small Country, Large Responsibilities

My Road Towards Maastricht

“O Hellenic Shore Where Our Fathers Dwell …”

The Fall of Santer

A Cordon Sanitaire Around Austria

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

Pushing Forward in Europe and Beyond.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3-540-89289-3

OCLC:

456545668