TY - BOOK ID - 273311 TI - Europe : I struggle, I overcome. AU - Martens, Wilfried. AU - Merkel, Angela. PY - 2008 SN - 9783540892885 9783540892892 PB - S.l. Springer DB - UniCat KW - Economic policy and planning (general) KW - Europe KW - 949.3092 KW - #SBIB:323H100 KW - #SBIB:327.7H200 KW - C8 KW - christen-democratie KW - Europese eenmaking KW - EVP (1976-) KW - 08 KW - 92 KW - BE / Belgium - België - Belgique KW - EEC / European Union - EU -Europese Unie - Union Européenne - UE KW - Belgische politiek: algemene documentatie en bronnen KW - Europese Unie: algemeen KW - Ideologie en politiek KW - Biografieën en memoires. KW - Geschiedenis. KW - Histoire. KW - History. KW - 92 Geschiedenis. KW - 92 Histoire. KW - 92 History. KW - Prime ministers KW - Statesmen KW - Chancellors (Prime ministers) KW - Chief ministers (Prime ministers) KW - First ministers (Prime ministers) KW - Premiers (Prime ministers) KW - Cabinet officers KW - Heads of state KW - Martens, Wilfried. KW - European People's Party. KW - EVP KW - Europäische Volkspartei KW - EPP KW - PPE KW - Parti populaire européen KW - Europese Volkspartij KW - Belgium KW - Politics and government KW - Biografieën en memoires KW - Geschiedenis KW - Martens, Wilfried KW - Biography KW - 1951-1993 KW - European People's Party UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:273311 AB - 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. ER -