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History of the Netherlands: Netherlands Antilles
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In the history of the Netherlands Antilles since 1940, the first obvious division falls in 1954, the year of the Charter of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. In that year a temporary respite was attained in a process of political evolution which had begun as long ago as the beginning of the century, had been recognized in 1922, had lost momentum until 1936, had received a new boost during the war, and finally, after the elimination of many obstacles, had led to some degree of autonomy for the Netherlands Antilles. Economically... 1954 was not a special year. The Antillean economy was like a wave, rising during the war and for some time thereafter, breaking at its
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The Netherlands is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands[3], which consists of the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles, and Aruba. The Netherlands is a constitutional monarchy, located in northwestern Europe. It is bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, ► Belgium (► Flanders and a small piece of ► Wallonia) to the south, and ► Germany to the east. The current borders were established in 1839. To the Kingdom belong ... ► Aruba and the ► Netherlands Antilles[4].
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The reorganization of the political structures raised the question of the relationship between the individual islands of the Netherlands Antilles. In the economic field the tension between decentralization and centralization was seemingly resolved in favour of decentralization, but in reality in favour of centralization. Under the Islands Regulations (Eilandenregeling) of 1951
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