History of the Netherlands The post-war years saw rapid economic recovery (helped by the American Marshall Plan), followed by the introduction of a welfare state during an era of peace and prosperity. The Netherlands formed a new economic alliance with Belgium and Luxembourg, the Benelux, and all three became founding members of the European Union and NATO. In recent decades, the Dutch economy has been closely linked to that of Germany, and is highly prosperous. The four countries adopted the Euro on 1 January 2002, along with eight other EU member states. The prehistory of the area that is now the Netherlands was largely
Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 and the title of the song performed by Gianni Nazzaro is also unknown. On the night of the final Marcus performed 5th in the running order, following Israel and preceding Belgium. The song was oddly structured as it gave the impression of being a typical Eurovision big ballad until a schlager-esque chorus suddenly kicked in. At the close of voting "Chansons pour ceux qui s'aiment" had picked up only 17 points (6 from Belgium and Ireland and 5 from the Netherlands, placing Luxembourg 14th of the 18 entries. The Luxembourgian jury awarded the only 12 points of the evening to