02909nam 2200577Ia 450 991081339210332120200520144314.03-540-89289-310.1007/978-3-540-89289-2(CKB)1000000000784947(EBL)478184(OCoLC)456545668(SSID)ssj0000150317(PQKBManifestationID)11159890(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000150317(PQKBWorkID)10239446(PQKB)10669482(DE-He213)978-3-540-89289-2(MiAaPQ)EBC478184(Au-PeEL)EBL478184(CaPaEBR)ebr10328777(PPN)139948376(EXLCZ)99100000000078494720091013d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEurope I struggle, I overcome /by Wilfried Martens ; foreword by Angela MerkelBerlin ;London Center for European Studiesc20081 online resource (xv, 276 pages) illustrations (some color)Description based upon print version of record.3-540-89288-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.StatesmenBelgiumBiographyEx-prime ministersBelgiumBiographyBelgiumPolitics and government1951-1993StatesmenEx-prime ministers949.3043092Martens Wilfried1629166MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813392103321Europe3966721UNINA