Blank cheque

As a blank check ( adj. short blank, v. Italian: bianco, white, blank, blank ) is called colloquially:

History

For the first time the term " blank check " was named in 1908 for the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since Germany had with Austria -Hungary and Italy in 1882, together with the three covenant, granted Kaiser Wilhelm II and the German Chancellor Bernhard von Bülow Austria -Hungary a blank check.

However, a much larger extent had the later carte blanche that gave Kaiser Wilhelm II Austria - Hungary at the beginning of the July crisis of 1914: As part of the mission Hoyos he repeated the undivided allegiance of the German Empire to Austria - Hungary as early as 1908 it the Bosnian annexation crisis did ( " blank check "). This was later confirmed by the German Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg.