Editing Pierre Harmel (section)

===Minister of Justice, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs===
Harmel was Minister of Justice in the second government led by [[Gaston Eyskens]] (23 June 1958 – 6 November 1958), and then Minister of Culture (6 November 1958 – 3 September 1960) and Minister of the Civil Service (3 September 1960 – 25 April 1961) in the third Eyskens cabinet.

Prime Minister of Belgium from 28 July 1965 until 19 March 1966, Harmel led a coalition comprising Christian Democrats and Socialists. Finally, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Liberal-Christian Democratic coalition led by [[Paul Vanden Boeynants]] (19 March 1966 – 7 February 1968). As Foreign Minister he chaired the opening meeting of the enlargement negotiations between the EEC and the four applicants for Community membership in June 1970. Indeed, Harmel's opening statement to the enlargement conference has since formed the basis of the Community opening position for future enlargement discussions.
[[File:Pierre Harmel - 36092X5X22.JPG|thumb|left|upright= 0.7|Pierre Harmel in 1967]]

====Harmel Doctrine====
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As Minister of Foreign Affairs, he submitted a report titled "Future Tasks of the Alliance" to the [[NATO]] council of ministers.<ref name="Trakimavicius">{{Cite news|url=https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/nato-at-70-lessons-from-the-cold-war/|title=NATO at 70: Lessons from the Cold War|last=Trakimavicius|first=Lukas|publisher=Atlantic Council|access-date=2021-12-02|language=en-US}}</ref> The report, which was approved by the council in December 1967, contained the so-called "Harmel Doctrine".<ref name="Trakimavicius"/> It advocated a strong defence combined with good diplomatic relations with the countries of the [[Warsaw Pact]]. The Harmel Doctrine helped to pave the way for the east–west détente of the early 1970s, which led to the 1975 Helsinki Summit and the creation of the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|OSCE]].<ref name="Trakimavicius"/><ref name=AtlanticCouncil>{{cite web|title=How the Harmel Report Helped Build the Transatlantic Security Framework|url=http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/how-the-harmel-report-helped-build-the-transatlantic-security-framework|publisher=Atlantic Council|access-date=30 January 2017}}</ref> Harmel himself visited several Warsaw Pact countries.