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In 1948, Belgium signed the Treaty of Brussels with the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, ... Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Belgium
Signatories of the Treaty of Brussels (1948). 1 January – Benelux Customs Convention comes into force. [1]: 978 17 March – Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, establishing the Brussels Pact for economic, social and cultural collaboration and collective self-defence.
31 January 1948: Benelux foreign ministers declare that their countries agree to begin these talks. 19 February 1948: France and the United Kingdom submit a draft treaty to the Benelux states. 4 March 1948: A conference is held in Brussels between the five foreign ministers, from which point the proposal is elaborated, and on 12 March ...
10.4 Foreign relations and military policy. ... The Treaty of Brussels, signed on 17 March 1948 by Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, ...
The effects of the Second World War made collective security a priority for Belgian foreign policy. In March 1948 Belgium signed the Treaty of Brussels and then joined NATO in 1948. However, the integration of the armed forces into NATO did not begin until after the Korean War. [118]
In 1948, the Congress of Europe was convened in the Hague, under Winston Churchill's chairmanship. It was the first time all the European unification movements had come together under one roof and attracted a myriad of statesmen including many who would later become known as founding fathers of the European Union .
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin signing the Treaty of Brussels. The Treaty of Brussels was signed on 17 March 1948 between Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, and was an expansion to the preceding year's defence pledge, the Dunkirk Treaty signed between the United Kingdom and France. [7]
The Belgian economic miracle (French: Le miracle belge, Dutch: Het belgische wonder; literally "the Belgian miracle") was a period of rapid economic growth in Belgium after World War II, principally between 1945 and 1948. The Belgian miracle was characterised by parallel trends of rising employment and real wages and low inflation, leading to ...