government a ‘good kicking’ during European elections‚ as seen in the UK‚ Spain and France‚ rather than vote on a broad manifesto of ideas. This is fuelled further by MEPs campaigning on local issues rather than European ones.” This is an example of part of the democratic deficit in the European Parliament. To further show how there is a democratic deficit in the European Parliament I will explain how it is largely inaccessible to its European citizens and how the European Parliament lacks the power that
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A leadership role that I am currently taking on in high school is the President of the Gay-Straight Alliance club (GSA). As someone who is a part of the LGBT+ community‚ I wanted to give back any way possible. I love to organize hands-on activities‚ and in this club‚ my officers and I plan weekly meetings based on different LGBT+ topics to help unify people of our community and our straight allies. After visiting other LGBT+ groups in the past‚ I found myself separating from the community. These
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Introduction The medieval period in European history begins after the fall of the Roman Empire around 500 C.E.‚ and continued until the early modern period beginning around 1500. The medieval period is split into the sub-categories of early medieval (500-1000)‚ central middle ages (1000-1300)‚ late medieval (1300-1500)‚ and followed by the early modern period (1500-1800). At each of these periods of time important political‚ economic‚ social‚ cultural‚ religious and scientific changes were being
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ANATOMY OF A FAILED ALLIANCE—GENERAL MOTORS AND DAEWOO In June 1984‚ General Motors and the Daewoo Group of Korea signed an agreement that called for each to invest $100 million in a South Korean-based 50/50 joint venture‚ Daewoo Motor Company‚ that would manufacture a subcompact car‚ the Pontiac LeMans‚ based on GM’s popular German-designed Opel-Kadett (Opel is a wholly owned German subsidiary of GM). Much of the day-to-day management of the alliance was to be placed in the hands of Daewoo
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About ten years ago‚ European Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) underwent a major change. Rather than setting a price floor on agricultural products‚ now CAP directly subsidises farmers. Subsidies may be a flat rate payment for maintaining land in cultivatable conditions (currently around £250 per hectare in England)‚ or may depend on the land’s crop in a given past year‚ which is taken as reference point (as in Scotland). Discuss the effects of such a policy move. European Common Agricultural
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early seventeenth century‚ relations between American Indians and European colonists were often characterized as much by collaboration and cooperation as by competition. However by the mid to late seventeenth century‚ brutal wars between Indians and colonists broke out in nearly every colonial region‚ from New England down to New Spain. While nearly all colonial regions endured worsening relations between the Indians and Europeans‚ the disputes occurred due to different reasons depending on the colonial
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Strategic alliances: Strategic alliances is an agreement between two or more companies to work together for a certain time in order to achieve some business objectives‚ help each other reach new technologies or to be able to build core competencies against other competitors. The traditional view about Strategic alliances is that they were formed for: - Defensive to protect profits - Means for preempting competition - Competitive and win - lose orientation. While nowadays there is
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Joint Ventures‚ Strategic Alliances‚ Collaborations and Merger and Acquisitions Questions | Q1. Why is a Joint Venture (JV) preferable to more general collaboration form of the Strategic Alliance? Q2. What are the relative merits and weaknesses of JVs and SAs? Q3. Why would company seek M&A as a market entry strategy? What are the advantages and disadvantages of M&A? why might a merger fail and what might be the outcome? Q4. What are the relative merits/ disadvantages of JVs‚ SAs‚ and
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There was once a time in our history‚ before computerized maps and satellites and tracking programs. Sailors had to guide themselves by the stars and very basic and inaccurate maps. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in Europe there was advancement in technology and learning that led to widespread exploration and trade among countries. The introduction of the compass‚ advancements in cartography‚ the printing press‚ and other inventions led to increased trade and exploration throughout Europe
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forces in Europe and creating a new level of world dominance. Africa was a nation rich in natural resources‚ resources such as ivory and gold. The colonizing of Africa would be known as the “Scramble of Africa” which can be described as Europeans nations
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