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Interview with Willem van Eekelen: the ‘empty chair crisis' within the WEU Council (1969–1970) (The Hague, 1 October 2009)

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In this interview, Willem van Eekelen, Adviser to the Permanent Representation of the Netherlands to the North Atlantic Council from 1966 to 1971, explains the repercussions of the ‘empty chair' policy pursued by France and discusses the perception of Western European Union (WEU) as a ‘competitor' to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).