The Netherlands and European Integration, 1950 to Present(English, Electronic book text, Segers Mathieu)

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The Netherlands and European Integration, 1950 to Present(English, Electronic book text, Segers Mathieu) is written by Segers Mathieu and published by Amsterdam University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9048552036 (ISBN 10) and 9789048552030 (ISBN 13).

On 9 May 1950, France launched a revolutionary plan for supranational cooperation in Western Europe. The Netherlands was taken completely by surprise. In the decades that followed, European integration moved forward at an unprecedented pace, taking the Netherlands with it. Geography and the post-war world seemed to leave the country no other choice. European integration forced - and is still forcing - the Netherlands on a far-reaching 'journey to the continent'. For the Netherlands, European integration represents a difficult journey to a new old world that often seems far off. How has that journey progressed so far? Why did the Netherlands join the common European market and currency from the very beginning? Was this course inevitable? And where has it brought the country? Using new, international source material, The Netherlands and European Integration, 1950 to Present digs deeply into the history of the Netherlands in Europe - a subject that is today more topical than ever.