This recent attack not only increased the tension between Iran and Britain, but other Western countries, such as Germany, France, and the Netherlands, followed suit and withdrew their diplomats as well. ... Ali Larijani, Iran's Parliament Speaker, also praised the mob, saying the "wrath of the protestors resulted from several decades of domination-seeking behavior of Britain" (USA Today). ... Valerie Pecresse, France's budget minister suggested that the EU enforce an embargo on all Iranian oil or a freeze on Iran's central bank holdings. The U.K. already announced its intent...

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Darian-Smith evokes portrayal of the English Channel Tunnel as a phenomenal link between United Kingdom and France, "The Tunnel Link may help us prosper/ Europe now is close to hand/ Trans-Manche in one fell swoop becomes/ The modern Conqueror of our land! (Darian-Smith 117) The Channel Tunnel between England and France and the associated cross-Channel regional development initiatives are here poetically envisioned as a modern day William the Conqueror. ... On November 1, 1993, the twelve members of the European Community (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Ita...

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The debate over Muslim girls being allowed to wear these traditional headscarves has been happening in France since 1989 (Hansen, 11/30/12). ... By denying the girls the right to wear the hijab, the government is saying that wearing the hijab is not acceptable in French culture, as a result forcing them to assimilate into French culture. While it is important to keep French culture as it has been in the past, the change of society and the demographic makeup of France call for there to be more change in the individual and human rights. ... An example would be France building the ZUP as public...

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In 1951 the foundations of what is today the EU were laid by the signing of the Treaty of Paris by France, West Germany, Italy and the Benelux states. ... As late as 1961 the Labour leader Harold Wilson was saying that if there had to be a choice between the Commonwealth and Europe, "We are not entitled to sell our friends and kinsmen down the river for a problematical and marginal advantage in selling washing machines in Dusseldorf." (1999; pp.176) Young identifies that concern about the Commonwealth was marked by a double self indulgence: an unrealistic assessment of what the Commonwea...

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