History of Strasbourg remained neutral during the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648), and retained its status as a Free Imperial City. However, the city was later annexed by Louis XIV of France to extend the borders of his kingdom. Louis' advisors believed that, as long as Strasbourg remained independent, it would endanger the King's newly annexed territories in Alsace, and, that to defend these large rural lands effectively, a garrison had to be placed in towns such as Strasbourg. Indeed, the bridge over the Rhine at Strasbourg had been used repeatedly by Imperial (Holy Roman Empire) forces, and three times during the Franco-Dutch War
The European Association of Ukrainians the creation in the European Parliament the Club Ukraine’s Friends, which was supposed to lobby for the interests of Ukraine in the European Parliament. The European Association of Ukrainians The European Association of Ukrainians (EAU) is a voluntary association of Ukrainians in the European Union with headquarters in Brussels and representatives in Paris, Strasbourg, Munich, Berlin. The association was established in 2006 as a result of a durable work of Ukrainians and representatives of Ukrainian Diasporas in Europe. The president of the association is Oleksiy Tolkachov. The initiative to establish the association belongs to Oleksiy Tolkachov and Oleksandr Kamenets, who