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| Belgian ex-Prime Minister Leo Tindemans dies at 92 | Belgian ex-Prime Minister Leo Tindemans dies at 92 |
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| Former Belgian Prime Minister Leo Tindemans, whose record support at the first European elections earned him the nickname "Mr Europe", has died aged 92. | Former Belgian Prime Minister Leo Tindemans, whose record support at the first European elections earned him the nickname "Mr Europe", has died aged 92. |
| The Christian Democrat who led two governments in the 1970s passed away at his home in Edegem, near Antwerp. | The Christian Democrat who led two governments in the 1970s passed away at his home in Edegem, near Antwerp. |
| In the 1979 European election, he won 983,000 votes, still a record for any election in Belgium. | |
| The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, paid tribute to him as a "great European". | The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, paid tribute to him as a "great European". |
| In the European Parliament, the European People's Party group he once chaired said that it was "deeply saddened" by the death of Tindemans. | In the European Parliament, the European People's Party group he once chaired said that it was "deeply saddened" by the death of Tindemans. |
| His Christian Democratic and Flemish party paid tribute (in Flemish) on its website to an "exceptional statesman who embodied politics for an entire generation". | His Christian Democratic and Flemish party paid tribute (in Flemish) on its website to an "exceptional statesman who embodied politics for an entire generation". |