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Benelux

The Benelux is an economic union in Western Europe comprising three neighbouring countries, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. These countries are located in northwestern Europe between France and Germany...

Timeline of Events

1944

9.5.1944

Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux.

1948

3.17.1948

Benelux, France, and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO.

1958

2.3.1958

Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community.