The reactivation of WEU in 1984
Interview with Willem van Eekelen: the proposals of France and Belgium for the reactivation of WEU (The Hague, 1 October 2009)
VideoIn this interview, Willem van Eekelen, Netherlands State Secretary for Defence from 1982 to 1986, discusses the origins of the French and Belgian proposals made in 1984 for the reactivation of Western European Union (WEU), which he believes stem from the 1981 ‘Genscher-Colombo initiative'.
Interview with Willem van Eekelen: the institutional reforms of WEU (The Hague, 1 October 2009)
VideoIn this interview, Willem van Eekelen, Netherlands State Secretary for Defence from 1982 to 1986, describes the main contributions of the declaration of the Council of Ministers of Western European Union (WEU), meeting in Rome on 26 and 27 October 1984, which aimed to reactivate WEU.
Interview with Willem van Eekelen: the links between the WEU Council and the WEU Assembly (The Hague, 1 October 2009)
VideoIn this interview, Willem van Eekelen, Netherlands State Secretary for Defence from 1982 to 1986 and Secretary-General of Western European Union (WEU) from 1989 to 1994, considers the motives and role of the WEU Assembly, particularly after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
Interview with Willem van Eekelen: observations on the reactivation of WEU (The Hague, 1 October 2009)
VideoIn this interview, Willem van Eekelen, Netherlands State Secretary for Defence from 1982 to 1986 and Secretary-General of Western European Union (WEU) from 1989 to 1994, gives his views on the reactivation of WEU started in 1984.