A customs union comprising Belgium and Netherlands and luxembourg. 比利时、荷兰和卢森堡三国关税同盟。
After the war, the Dutch economy prospered again, being a member of the Benelux ( Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg ) and European Economic Community unions. 战后,荷兰成为比荷卢(比利时、荷兰和卢森堡)和欧洲经济共同体成员,经济再次繁荣。
However, the big powers in the European Union, such as the Britain, France, Germany, have attracted the attention of most scholars, scholars rarely cares the small countries like Belgium 、 the Netherlands and Luxembourg. 然而,欧盟中的英、法、德等大国吸引了大多数学者的目光,对于欧盟中的低地小国比利时、荷兰和卢森堡,学者们却鲜有问津。
Whether it is Belgium, the Netherlands or Luxembourg, they all want to build a federal Europe, and also want Britain to join in to balance hegemony of other European powers, in order to ensure their safety. 无论是比利时、荷兰还是卢森堡,它们都希望建立一个联邦欧洲,而且还希望英国能够加入以制衡其他欧洲大国霸权,以此来确保自身安全。
After World War II, Belgium joined NATO and, together with the Netherlands and Luxembourg, formed the Benelux group of nations. 二战后比利时加入了北大西洋公约组织,并和荷兰、卢森堡一起组成Benelux三国经济联盟。