Gaston Eyskens between king and regent: Belgium 1949-1950: a key year

GASTON EYSKENS BETWEEN KING AND REGENT deals with a key year (1949-1950) in Belgian history. Not only did the royal question reach its climax, but this period was also decisive for the economy, foreign policy, the later school conflict and the coming community tensions. The historian Vincent Dujardin answers questions such as: What was the attitude of the first Gaston Eyskens government with regard to the royal question, the devaluations of 1949, the globalisation of economic and political relations, social issues and the language issue, or repression? This book outlines the position of all high-ranking people of that time, such as Gaston Eyskens, Paul van zeeland, Albert devèze, Paul-Henri Spaak, Jean Duvieusart. It is based on numerous testimonies and documents that have remained largely or completely unpublished until now (reports of the Council of Ministers, archives of the National Bank, of the Archbishop of Mechelen, of parties and the