Louis de Brouckere
Louis de Brouckère (born May 31, 1870 in Roeselare , † June 4, 1951 in Brussels ) was President of the Socialist Workers' International and Belgian politician .
Life
During the First World War he visited Russia shortly before the October Revolution in 1917 and worked with Émile Vandervelde and Hendrik de Man to end the war. During the Second World War he signed a manifesto in Liège in 1939 that rejected a policy of Belgian neutrality and instead called for cooperation with France against fascist Germany.
From 1939 to 1944 he was a member of the Belgian government-in-exile in London under the Catholic Prime Minister Hubert Pierlot and the Socialist Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak . With Paul van Zeeland , he drafted the concept for a Western European economic and monetary union, which contributed significantly to the establishment of the customs union of the Benelux countries on September 5, 1944, which came into force on January 1, 1948. He was also instrumental in the creation of the Benelux Treaty of February 3, 1958, through which the Benelux Economic Union (Benelux Economische Unie / Union Économique Benelux) was founded. This treaty is now considered to be the nucleus of today's European Union .
Web links
- socialhistoryportal.org/stockholm1917 (note below)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brouckère, Louis de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Roeselare |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 4th 1951 |
| Place of death | Brussels |