Word: benelux
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...president of Philips' Glo-eilampenfabrieken, asserted: "We in The Netherlands are free traders. As far as the Japanese penetration of Europe is concerned, I would like to point out that it is the excessive scale on which Japanese imports are increasing that constitutes a threat to employment. The Benelux governments are advocates of greater freedom for imports of European products into Japan itself." Folke Lindskog, chairman of Svenska Kullagerfabriken (S.K.F.), emphasized that "the Japanese protect their home market. They are reluctant to allow us to establish ourselves as manufacturers in Japan, although they are free to establish 100% ownership...
...rest of Europe insists on remembering all too clearly who it was that cheered for Hitler in World War II. The Benelux countries in particular are vehemently opposed to letting Spain into the Common Market club, so long as it is ruled by Franco or anyone like him. On the other hand, Western Europe hopes to influence the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the direction of liberalism, with a policy of "Wandel dutch annäherung," or "change through drawing nearer," as West German Chancellor Willy Brandt puts it. That same policy might equally and more profitably be applied...
...born, Hanoi-raised son of a high-level French civil servant, has up to now moved steadily higher because he has proved an apt and loyal troubleshooter for Pompidou. That, presumably, is precisely the quality Pompidou desires at the head of the Common Market Commission. Britain, West Germany and Benelux fear that as successor to hearty Pan-European Sicco Mansholt, Ortoli will favor Pompidou's cautious approach to European integration, pressures for an EEC "political secretariat" in Paris, and insistence on strict independence from...
...wide open for leadership." Italy looks to London as a guarantor of the democratic process within the Community and a counterweight against dominance by France and Germany. The West Germans hope that the British will help impose more effective parliamentary controls on the Eurocrats. The Benelux countries, having frequently been forced to bow to the demands of the Continent's Big Two, are also expected to look to Britain for counsel. So are Denmark and Norway, whose economies are so closely tied to Britain's that they have little choice but to follow her into the Community...
...agreed to a timetable that allows Britain five crop years after entry to make the change. As a result, price markups on foodstuffs in Britain will come gradually, and the full impact on the British cost of living will not be felt until the late 1970s. The Benelux representatives, whose farmers grow mainly fruits and vegetables, were the last holdouts against such generous terms. Said Dutch Foreign Minister Joseph Luns when the compromise was presented to him: "My tomato heart bleeds, but I accept...