Bélgica y la Guerra Civil: el impacto del conflicto español en la política y la diplomacia de una pequeña potencia

The Spanish Civil War had a special impact on the inner political life of Belgium. The Belgian government, composed by a coalition of the 3 main parties (socialist, liberal and catholic), followed the French and British desire to keep non intervention. This decision was conditioned by different issues: an uptight social situation in the country in 1936, the general European peace, the pressure of public opinion and, in particular, of the catholic Church (the Belgian clergy was, as a matter of fact, hostile to the republican cause), and the recommendations of the Belgian diplomatic agents in Sp... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Fernández Soriano, Víctor
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
Verlag/Hrsg.: Ediciones Complutense
Schlagwörter: Spanish Civil War / Belgium / Crisis of 1936 / Non Intervention / International Brigades / Guerra civil / Bélgica / Crisis de 1936 / No Intervención / Brigadas Internacionales
Sprache: Spanish
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The Spanish Civil War had a special impact on the inner political life of Belgium. The Belgian government, composed by a coalition of the 3 main parties (socialist, liberal and catholic), followed the French and British desire to keep non intervention. This decision was conditioned by different issues: an uptight social situation in the country in 1936, the general European peace, the pressure of public opinion and, in particular, of the catholic Church (the Belgian clergy was, as a matter of fact, hostile to the republican cause), and the recommendations of the Belgian diplomatic agents in Spain, who suffered the war in their daily life. The opposition of left-wing politicians provoked several crisis within the Socialist Party and even within the government. Volunteer recruitment was banned and military merchandise circulation was sternly restricted. But, nevertheless, many of these people and many of these goods were already leaving the country towards Spain. ; El presente trabajo propone una valoración del impacto que la Guerra Civil tuvo en Bélgica, país de reducido tamaño pero de amplios intereses económicos, desde sus colonias en África central hasta su participación en la industria de varios países, entre ellos España; estado de antigua tradición parlamentaria, destacado socio diplomático de Francia y Gran Bretaña, y lugar de procedencia de un notable contingente de las Brigadas Internacionales. En último término, plantea hasta qué punto la dimensión internacional del conflicto español llegó a permear la política interior de otros países. Para ello, se basa en documentación extraída de los archivos de los Ministerios de AAEE tanto de Bélgica como de España, así como en varios artículos publicados por especialistas belgas tanto en francés como en neerlandés.