The Europeans did not really have an interest in sailing the world and exploring foreign lands‚ but that all changed by the 1400s. What led to the Europeans wanting to explore the world was the desire to grow rich and to spread Christianity‚ coupled with advances in sailing technology‚ spurred an age of European exploration. The main motive for exploring the world was the the desire for new sources of wealth. The Europeans figured that overseas trade would bring a lot of wealth their way through
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Prior to 1880‚ European rule in the African continent had mostly been restricted to the coast‚ extending a short distance inland along major rivers due to their economic interests being primarily limited to the slave trade. The start of the 1880’s saw massive increase of European nations seeking territory in Africa. Europeans seeking rights to land‚ resources‚ and trading routes in Africa had to compete with other nations‚ corporations‚ and African natives. In order to gain these rights from the
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EUROPEAN UNION CITIZENSHIP: FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AND FAMILY REUNIFICATION. RECONCILING COMPETENCES AND RESTRICTING ABUSE?* Introduction All Member States of the European Union experience international migration be it legal or illegal 1 : this is symptomatic of the phenomenon of ‘globalisation in the contemporary world’. This paper will treat the right of a citizen of the Union who has exercised his/her right freely to move within the current twenty seven European Union Member States‚ to be
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Turkey has been associated to Europe much longer than many of the member or prospective member states. Turkey’s application to signing up for becoming a member to the European Union was made on 14 April 1987. Turkey has been an associate member of the European Union (then European Community) since 1963 with the Ankara Agreement. Turkey was one of the first countries to become a member of the Council of Europe in 1949. Therefore it is important to examine the important political and economic milestones
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The Evolution of the European Council as a major institution of the European Union Pre History How did the formation emerge? The reasons behind the creation of the European Council emerged through the inclination that society seemed to be failing to cope with existing and forthcoming challenges that communities were being presented with. Europe didn’t have an institution which was capable of providing dominance and leadership on decision making. The European council provided an evolution of power
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as a result of the banking crisis which has spread throughout the world since 2008. The countries in question are Portugal‚ Ireland‚ Italy‚ Greece & Spain all of whom have requested financial aid from the European central bank. In order for the countries to pay back the loans from the European central bank they will need to implement austerity measures in the form of raising taxes and reducing costs on public spending‚ the effect of that will be job losses within the public sector. This is turn
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Hristina RUNCHEVA PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: THE BINDING EU CHARTER Introduction G he concept of fundamental rights protection according to the modern political thought is considered as setting boundaries to the political power. The establishment of the European Union as a sui generis creation that goes beyond the boundaries of the traditional concept of the nation-state has created a new challenge: how to protect the fundamental rights in a community
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European citizenship is it a myth or reality? After World War 2 Europe was almost destroyed. Six countries took their responsibility to rebuild Europe by integrating the European Coal and Steel Community 1. The members of that community were the Netherlands‚ Germany‚ Belgium‚ France‚ Italy and West Germany. It was in 1952. In 1973 the Communities enlarged to include Denmark‚ Ireland and the United Kingdom. After Denmark‚ Ireland and United Kingdom more countries want to be in the European Coal and
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Find these weaknesses can help people improve the system and mechanism of the current economic integration in a correct way. 【Keyword】Economic integration; Debt crisis; EU; Introduction European Economic Integration---EU With the trend of globalization in all aspects‚ economic integration is also becoming more and more popular among the regions. Economic integration refers to trade unification between different states by the partial or
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History of the Single European Market Page 4 * The Three Pillars Page 6 * Action Plans * Comparisons Page 7 – Section 2 * Introduction * Legislations Page 8 * Policies * The CE Mark Page 9 * Harmonising Safety Standards * Solvit Page 10 * Summary Page 12 * References Section 1 Introduction This assignment is divided into two sections. The purpose of the first part of this paper is to discuss the creation of the Single European Market‚ and how
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