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 ...