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Empty Chair Crisis (1 juill. 1965 – 29 janv. 1966)

Description:

- the President of the European Commision wanted to create an EEC budget autonomous of national budgets
- qualified majority voting was to be introduced in the Council of Ministers
- both of the above were perceived as a threat to national sovereignty by de Gaulle, so France withdrew from the Council
- crisis ended with the Luxembourg Compromise

Ajouté au bande de temps:

29 oct. 2018
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Date:

1 juill. 1965
29 janv. 1966
~ 7 months