Die Europäische Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft

The empty chair policy of 1965 marked a severe institutional crisis for the then European economic community. Was the cause of divergences in the European conceptions of the two main actors Charles de Gaulle and Walter Hallstein? And what role did the Luxembourg compromise, that resolved this crisis, play? Is there proof of the right of veto, which became common in the coming years? Alexander Berens, who holds a doctorate in history, addresses these issues in depth and deals with other questions.