political and social identity of European union: How can an European union ‘citizen’ identity be produced? Zuzana Kokindová ESF MUNI 2008 European Union today has 27 member states. It didn’t happen just from one day to another‚ it has a long history. It started with The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) in 1951 and became through long process The European Union (1993) which is based on Maastricht Treaty. This treaty‚ for the first time‚ talk about union between people‚ not just in
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President Obama made his State of the Union Address with many proposals that will increase the way to a better America. He could not have picked better subjects for his address. His actions included strengthen the middle class‚ including calls to raise the minimum wage‚ improvement of immigration‚ and education. Obama went on to say that‚ “the idea that if you work hard and meet your responsibilities‚ you can get ahead‚ no matter where you come from‚ what you look like‚ or who you love. It is our
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I. Nature and objectives of economic and monetary union Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) is an advanced stage of economic integration‚ which is characterized by the implementation of a common currency and economic policy at EU level and logical complements the creation of the single market. Can be defined six stages of economic integration: 1. Preferential Trade Area (with reduced customs tariffs between certain countries) 2. Free Trade Area (no internal tariffs on some or all goods between
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The speech most anticipated by the American people is the State of the Union. This is the speech that the President delivers annually to the joint session of congress. During this speech‚ he is basically giving his assessment of the nation with the economy and budget being the main emphasis of the whole speech. Because the audience is mainly congress‚ this is an excellent opportunity to present his agenda to those who would be responsible for passing it. The President’s cabinet consist of fifteen
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on the UK clothing retail industry in the near future. Due to the EU membership a trend can be seen towards stricter environmental protection legislation. This may have a direct or indirect effect on NEXT or his suppliers. Economic factors Looking at the economic environment‚ it is somewhat tricky since on the one hand there is the strong sterling compared to the Euro. Euroland encourages imports and endeavours to hold domestic prices at an attractive level. But on the other hand it is difficult
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international arena. From times of Kyiv Russ Ukrainian land was separated on two parts: eastern and western. Of course‚ boarders were changing all the time‚ because of wars that were forming nowadays political map. Eastern part belonged to Moscow State (Russia) and Western to Rzeczpospolita (Poland). Therefore‚ traditions of Ukrainians were forming under different conditions. We can say that this is a base for nowadays situation and will have a great impact on further development of the country.
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Current Economic State It is now January 2013 and according to some people‚ the upper class perhaps‚ the recession is over and the economy has “bounced back.” However‚ I have yet to feel the rebound of this bouncy economy. The first quarter of 2013 has no concluded so naturally in order to see what the experts say about the expanding and contracting of the economy we must look to the previous quarter. In first quarter of the year the economy expanded 2 percent and 3 percent at the end of 2011
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Slide 3-4 The European Union and Russia have a strong trade relationship. Bilateral trade and investments continue to grow rapidly. Since 1997 the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement has been the framework of the EU-Russia relations‚ regulating the political and economic relations between the EU and Russia. One of the main objectives of this agreement is the promotion of trade and investment as well as the development of harmonious economic relations between the EU and Russia. EU imports from
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Will the United Kingdom Join the Euro Club? When the euro was introduced in January 1999‚ the United Kingdom was conspicuously absent from the list of European countries adopting the common currency. Although the current Labor government led by Prime Minister Tony Blair appears to be in favor of joining the euro club‚ it is not clear at the moment if that will actually happen. The opposition Tory party is not in favor of adopting the euro and thus giving up monetary sovereignty of the country. Public
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Impact of European Union policies on UK businesses Case scenario – if the UK is pulling out from the EU club Legislation - A vast majority of UK law is derived from the EU‚ estimated at 80% of law currently in force in the UK. As such‚ withdrawal from the EU will have a huge effect on legislation applied in the UK. - The Treaties (the TEU and the TFEU) would cease to apply‚ including as part of those‚ the fundamental freedoms (free movement of goods‚ services‚ capital and persons/workers)
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