The Treaty of Maastricht (1992) introduced new forms of co-operation between the member state governments - for example on defence, and in the area of "justice and home affairs". By adding this inter-governmental co-operation to the existing "Community" system, the Maastricht Treaty created the European Union (EU). ... Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom joined in 1973 followed by Greece in 1981, Spain and Portugal in 1986 and Austria, Finland and Sweden in 1995. ... The European Commission has 20 commissioners drawn from all EU countries and is, in principle, independent of national gove...

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In 1947, the American Government for the first time included special funds in the War Department's budget for the financing of necessary funding. This program of aid, called the "GARIOA Program" (Government and Relief in Occupied Areas), covered part of the urgent import needs. ... Marshall took part as the new Secretary of State, convinced the American Government of the need to counter the advance of communism. ... In this Committee, which was the pioneer of the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC), 16 European states were represented: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Franc...

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In 1994 Austria, Finland, and Sweden became members of the European Union. ... Some member countries, such as Great Britain, have worried that a shared European currency would threaten their national identity and their government's authority. ... In the case of Britain the sovereign is the Government, since the King passed sovereignty to the parliament over time. ...

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The centre is Hungary and from there they go to apply for asylum mostly in Germany, Austria and France. ... The citizens said that they wanted him out but the government said no, so the people protested on 27 January 2015 about Jablanovic . They also protested about Trepca mine, which the government was trying to privatize. ... They say that this government and its wrong policies are hurting every part of the life, the trust and the enthusiast of the citizens for positive changes. ...

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Centuries later, this line of division coinided with the border of the Habsburgian double-monarchy Austria-Hungary and the declining Byzantine Empire. ... After WWII, Titi established a communist government, modelled after the USSR. ... In this waym people had the idea that living conditions were better in Yugoslavia then in other East-European communist countries, and it prevented them from forming an political oppossition that someday could have defended the multiethnic politics After Tito's death the different republics desintegrated and minorities within the republics started to feel...

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The governments, banks, enterprises that facilitated mortgage lending, and insurance companies where the first to feel the effects but all the repercussions rippled down to effect the employers, the employees, and families' lives in general. ... People started losing trust in governments and banks. ... By the first quarter of 2010, only five countries exceeded the Lisbon target: Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Germany and Austria (Figure 1). ... In some countries, the effective use of policy instruments by both governments and social partners) has helped to ease the burden on working ...

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Opposition to further trade liberalization from special interest groups and some governments will not erode the basic trend toward expansion of trade." ... From the CIA World Factbook data I have drawn these conclusions through a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that I created: Country GDP (as of 1/1/00) Military Spending as of (1/1/00) Austria $190.6 billion $1.7 billion Belgium 243.4 billion 2.8 billion Denmark 127.7 billion 2.822 billion Finland 108.6 billion 1.8 billion France 1.373 trillion 39.831 billion Germany 1.864 trillion 32.8 billion Greece 149.2 billion 4.04 billion Ireland ...

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Treaties can be revised by an Intergovernmental Conference (IGC), which consists of representatives from the governments of the member states, brought together with the purpose of reaching agreements on changes thought to be needed. A number of people representing the governments of the Member States and the European Commission have the task of doing the relevant preparatory research essential to the development of the conference. ... Furthermore, the Treaty of Nice looked ahead in the process of enlargement and limited the number of MEPs to a maximum of 732 and allocated seats between member ...

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Essay Question Describe briefly the main changes which have occurred in the European Union over the last fifteen years, then outline the changes which, in your view, are likely to happen in the next 5-10 years, indicating how these changes are likely to affect the UK economy in the future. ...

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