The proposal turned out to be a step too far and subsequently went down in Dutch history as “black Monday,” named after the day on which the then foreign minister, Hans Van den Broek, faced near-unanimous opposition in the European Council of Ministers.
La proposition s’est avérée aller trop loin et est devenue le “lundi noir” de l’histoire néerlandaise, jour où le ministre des Affaires étrangères de l’époque, Hans Van den Broek, a affronté l’opposition quasiment unanime du Conseil des ministres européen.