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Martens refuses to run.(Belgian Prime Minister Wilfried Martens)

By Leonard, Dick
Publication: Europe
Date: Saturday, May 1 1999

Belgian Prime Minister Wilfried Martens has refused to join the Flemish Christian Democratic Party's list of candidates for the European elections on Jun 13, 1999 when the party gave the top spot to labor minister Miet Smet instead of him. Martens perceived the decision as an insult and refused to change his mind despite appeals from Spanish Prime Minister Jose-Maria Aznar and an assurance of his support for Martens' bid for presidency of the European Parliament in 2002. The party's decision is believed to be a vindictive move against Martens by party colleagues who felt he had been biased

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