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Treaty of Accession

Netherlands · Government / Government of Netherlands. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1979–2003Date range
4Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1979

Jan Hendrik Lubbers28 May 1979

Athens · Government / Government of Netherlands

Lubbers signs for the Netherlands as its Permanent Representative to the European Communities.

Christoph van der Klaauw28 May 1979

Athens · Government / Government of Netherlands

Van der Klaauw signs for the Netherlands as Foreign Minister at the Zappeion ceremony.

1985

Ruud Lubbers12 June 1985

Madrid and Lisbon · Government / Government of Netherlands

Lubbers represents the Netherlands as the enlargement treaty is concluded with Spain and Portugal.

2003

Jan Peter Balkenende16 April 2003

Athens · Government / Government of Netherlands

Balkenende represents the Netherlands in the Union's formal agreement for the ten-state enlargement.

Names involved

Christoph van der KlaauwJan Hendrik LubbersJan Peter BalkenendeRuud Lubbers

Provenance

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