Press Release: The Netherlands: Minister Bot, 2005 Hofstad lecture on the paradox of a vulnerable front runner

'Only by holding on to its position as one of the world's economic and technological heavyweights can our continent continue to exert enough political influence to keep this world peaceful, prosperous and sustainable,' said Foreign Minister Bernard Bot on 14 February 2005 at the Hofstad lecture delivered in The Hague

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