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Empty Chair Crisis

France · Government / European Economic Community (EEC). Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1965Date range
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Chronological records

1965

Charles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle2 July 1965

Paris · Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

France began boycotting Council meetings during the Empty Chair crisis over agricultural finance and institutional voting.

Names involved

Charles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle

Provenance

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