LEADER 02935nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910777912203321 005 20230104214451.0 010 $a3-540-89289-3 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-540-89289-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000784947 035 $a(EBL)478184 035 $a(OCoLC)456545668 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000150317 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11159890 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000150317 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10239446 035 $a(PQKB)10669482 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-540-89289-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC478184 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL478184 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10328777 035 $a(PPN)139948376 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000784947 100 $a20091013h2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEurope $eI struggle, I overcome /$fWilfried Martens ; foreword by Angela Merkel 210 1$aBerlin ;$aLondon :$cCenter for European Studies,$d2008. 210 4$aŠ2008 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 276 pages) $cillustrations (some color) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a3-540-89288-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aLooking 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. 330 $aWilfried 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. 606 $aStatesmen$zBelgium$vBiography 606 $aEx-prime ministers$zBelgium$vBiography 607 $aBelgium$xPolitics and government$y1951-1993 615 0$aStatesmen 615 0$aEx-prime ministers 676 $a949.3043092 700 $aMartens$b Wilfried$01535239 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777912203321 996 $aEurope$93783342 997 $aUNINA