How Powerful Are The Netherlands, Belgium & Luxembourg?

• published: 27 Jun 2015
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How Powerful Are The Nordic Countries? http://testu.be/1BZGmVD Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml Before the EU, there was BeNeLux. Standing for Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg, Benelux was the basis for the EU. So how powerful is it? Learn More: Treaty Establishing The BeNeLux Economic Union http://www.cris.unu.edu/riks/web/treaties/Benelux.pdf "His Majesty the King of the Belgians, Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands, Being resolved to strengthen the economic ties between their countries by means of free movement of persons, goods, capital and services;" Sorry Sweden, Luxembourg is now the most generous country in the world http://qz.com/166298/sorry-sweden-luxembourg-is-now-the-most-generous-country-in-the-world/ "That's according to a recent update to data on official development assistance offered by the nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development." The Belgian-Dutch Naval Cooperation http://www.militarycooperation.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view;=article&id;=46:the-belgian-dutch-naval-cooperation&catid;=42:the-belgian-dutch-maritime-cooperation&Itemid;=53 "The Belgian-Dutch naval cooperation is a bi-national, comprehensive and permanently structured defence cooperation." Treaty of Amsterdam http://europa.eu/eu-law/decision-making/treaties/pdf/treaty_of_amsterdam/treaty_of_amsterdam_en.pdf "The Treaty on European Union shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this Article." Subscribe to TestTube Daily! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml _________________________ TestTube's new daily show is committed to answering the smart, inquisitive questions we have about life, society, politics and anything else happening in the news. It's a place where curiosity rules and together we'll get a clearer understanding of this crazy world we live in. Watch more TestTube: http://testtube.com/testtubenews Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=testtubenetwork TestTube on Twitter https://twitter.com/TestTube Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/TraceDominguez TestTube on Facebook https://facebook.com/testtubenetwork TestTube on Google+ http://gplus.to/TestTube Download the New TestTube iOS app! http://testu.be/1ndmmMq Special thanks to Lissette Padilla for hosting TestTube! Check Lissette out on Twitter:https://twitter.com/lizzette