This paper analyses and compares the roles which Belgium and Italy have played in the process of European monetary … of the Belgian and Italian EMU strategies and the concrete contributions made by Belgium and Italy. Overall, these two … to be skilful negotiators. The main difference is that Belgium has been a constant and consistent "pace-setter" in …

European countries: Belgium and Italy. We focus on the post-World War II period, taking as the main message of Keynesian …. The study shows that Belgium and Italy were two countries were Keynesian economics gained ground only relatively late. The … countries was the strong position of fundamentalist Keynesianism in the academic world in Italy, while in Belgium …