The Cold War united Europe against Russia and subsequently was a catalyst in European integration during the period of the 1940’s until the early 1990’s. At the end of World War II there was a call for a united‚ peaceful Europe which aligned itself with neither the United States nor the totalitarian USSR. Europe started to become more integrated with the desire for peace‚ evident in the Stockholm Appeal which called for a ban on nuclear weapons worldwide. This was only one movement within Europe
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of democracy."1 Having this in mind‚ many claim that the governance and decision-making of the European Union lacks democratic legitimacy. Are these allegations true? Or is the democratic deficit of the EU just a myth? In order to establish if there is democratic deficit within the EU‚ first we should define what democratic deficit is. The standard version of democratic deficit involves 4 main claims: the European parliament is too weak‚ the executive has increased power‚ the Union is distant from the
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The macro environment of the Western European brewing industry was analyse using the PESTEL framework to understand and assess the impact of the various external factors namely political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological‚ environmental‚ and legal. Political At the beginning of the 21st century the European governments forbear dynamic participation in the beer industry‚ which was considered as an important part of government revenues‚ moreover all this government started big campaigns against alcoholism
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Briefly describe the current crisis in the Eurozone. Discuss its potential effects on European integration and theorize as to how to overcome the crisis. Country | CIA 2007 | OECD 2009 | IMF 2009 | CIA 2009 | EuroStat 2010 | Austria | 59.10 | 72.7 | 67.10 | 66.40 | 72.3 | Belgium | 84.60 | 100.4 | 93.70 | 101.00 | 96.8 | Cyprus | 59.60 | | 56.20 | 56.20 | 60.8 | Estonia | 3.40 | | | 7.10 | 6.6 | Eurozone | | | | | 86.0 | Finland | 35.90 | 52.6 | 44.00 | 40.30 | 48.4 |
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their national parliament. As such‚ we hold responsibility for supporting or rejecting the treaty on behalf of about 490 million Europeans who do not have the option to vote. Here are some of the main changes that will come about if the Lisbon Treaty is approved by the people of Ireland. 1. Top jobs A politician will be chosen to be president of the European Council for two and a half years‚ replacing the current system where presidency is rotated between member states every six months. Another
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What was the economic rationale for the implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact (SPG) when the single currency was launched? To what extent is the SGP now redundant? The Maastricht Treaty of the European Union signed in 1992‚ established a set of convergence criteria which had to be met by each Member State before it could adopt the Euro. This was to ensure that economic development within the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) is balanced so that all Member States joining the Euro entered
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Ca’liyah Chaney Ms.Glassford 9/8/14 3rd period If u didn’t have these important things in your life don’t you just imagine what your life would be like without them? My family‚ technology‚ and money have a huge impact on my life. I use these thing’s to help me in life both physical and mentally. So did u think about it yet? I use these things everyday in life and now I’m going to tell u how. My family is always there for me in life. They help me when im sad or down or in need of
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HOW EFFICIENT IS THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL IN PROMOTING GLOBAL SECURITY (WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO DARFUR AND IRAQ)? “Mr. Secretary General‚ Mr. President‚ distinguished delegates‚ and ladies and gentlemen: We meet one year and one day after a terrorist attack brought grief to my country‚ and brought grief to many citizens of our world. Yesterday‚ we remembered the innocent lives taken that terrible morning. Today we turn to the urgent duty of protecting other lives
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Parliament clears visa-free travel for Albanians‚ Bosnians [de] [fr] Published: 08 October 2010 [pic][pic][pic] The European Parliament yesterday (7 October) backed visa-free travel to Europe’s Schengen area for Albanian and Bosnian citizens‚ setting the EU assembly on a collision course with France‚ which opposes the proposal following its controversial crackdown on illegal Roma camps. Background Schengen is a village at the border between Luxembourg‚ France and Germany‚ where on 14 June
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going to describe The European Union (EU) and I would like to explain why I admire this organization so much. The EU traces its origins back to the 50’s‚ when six countries joined together in the “European Coal and Steel Community” (1951) and in the “Treaty of Rome” (1957). Since then‚ the EU has grown in size through enlargement‚ and in power through the addition of policy areas to its jurisdiction. The European Union is an economic and political union and it is open to any European country that fulfills
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