Indeed, Germany's exports have contributed two-thirds of the country's economic growth over the past decade and have driven its GDP per capital to increase faster than that of any other major industrialized country. http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/67899/steven-rattner/the-secrets-of-germanys-success Germany also has a very influential government. Germany's government has many social programs or benefits that are provided for its people. ... Together with the federal states and business the Federal Government is planning to increase spending on research and development t...

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There are a few reasons that I came up with on why the German government continues to loan Greece money. ... They have been providing loans to the Greek government and its difficult to just stop. ... Critics have accused the German government of hypocrisy. ... Germany would be in a bad place if this were to happen. ... It can be seen that the Germans not only had their hand involved when the whole crisis began but that they continue to fund the Greek government. ...

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Within the small country there are three different nationalities: French, Dutch, and German. ... Most French people are overwhelmingly Catholics while people of Dutch or German descendants are mostly Protestants. ... The consensus Belgian government is built on the interdependence of many smaller, localized governments based on geography and culture. The territories of Walonia, Flanders and Brussels all have a state legislature and executive as do each of the cultures; French, Dutch and German. ... Cleavages definitely effect the way government works. ...

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German is more closely related to English than any other language. ... Most Eastern Europeans speak German. ... It helps improve upon the understanding of literature, science, law and government. ... The students that wanted to take another language wanted, in order, French, German, Japanese, and Latin. ... Nineteen students wanted to learn German. ...

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It allowed the people who believed in old Europe to participate/live in the same community and government system with the people who agreed with the newer ways of Europe in the early 19th century. ... Furthermore, during the period 1890 to 1907, the stability had turned heavily against Germany. ... The combination of Germany's fears of its neighbors and hopes for further expansion led to the excitement for battle. ... This is a photograph of German volunteers marching off to fight in the war. ... I mentioned this Thick Fact because Germany bore a heavy responsibility for the outbreak...

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All this contrasted strongly with the situation in France, Germany and Italy. ... Churchill suggested that France and West Germany should lead the creation of a new Europe for "justice, mercy and freedom". ... Initially post war Britain had a Labour government. ... It was under this government of Clement Attlee that Britain refused to allow the Council of Europe develop as the federalists would have hoped, into a federal European government. ... Also she opposed the fact that Britain paid more than both France and Germany. ...

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It might be because of war or as a result of a bad government, but whatever the reason immigration will never stop as long as one country has a better place. ... The Germans, Swiss, Dutch, Scotch-Irish, Small numbers of French Protestants, and Scandinavians, followed them. ... The Irish were not alone when the over they were followed by the Germans. More that one million Germans came to America because of the political repression caused by the unsuccessful liberal revolution in Europe in 1848. ... The Germans settled mainly in the expanding Midwest, mainly as farmers or workers in cities s...

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Lagarde was backed by the United Kingdom, Germany, and most European powers, as well as some Asian and African nations. ... While in Paris, she advised the Greek government to come to terms with the political differences that exist and approve the austerity measures that are currently preventing the country from receiving their next installment loans from the IMF and EU. Additionally, she lectured Greece's creditors, which consist mostly of French and German banks, on their ability to compromise (Rooney) "It must be done in a concerted, collective way," she said. ...

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Italy began as a parliamentary government under the reign of King Victor Emmanuel. ... The great majority of the population speaks Italian, including several dialects; there are small German-, French-, and Slavic-speaking minorities. ... The chief partners of export from Italy are Germany (14.5%), France (12.2%), the United States (9.7%), the United Kingdom (6.7%), and Spain (6.1%), while their chief import partners are Germany (17.7%), France (11.1%), the Netherlands (6.2%), the United Kingdom (5.1%), and the United States (4.9%). ...

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The nature of the Locarno Treaty was the assumption of an obligation by Great Britain and Italy to both Germany and France. ... The members of the League would not automatically be at war with the rogue state - the decision of declaring war would be left to the governments of the member states....

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" In the decade before the crisis, a significant portion of rising government expenditures was allocated to rising public sector wages and benefits. ... Much of the debt was from the French and German banks. Greece was lent money in 2010 by the European government and the IMF to help repay its debt, but most of the money was used to repay this banks. ... The public eventually lost confidence in the government and its lenders. ... The citizens were fed up and voted for a new government. ...

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The problem comes when the EU starts acting like a federal government, barking 7orders at member countries like they're states in America. ... The issue with this comes when the EU generalizes interests of member states, Germany and the U.K. may have completely different trade interests, but since they are restricted by EU regulations, they each have to settle for something in the little common ground between them, limiting individual growth. ... The EU is seen as taking power away from national level, acting like its own government even though it is obviously not its own state. ... Since...

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In this paper, I will show that Europe may be more productive per capita without or with less government regulations dictating Human Resources Management practices on minimum number of paid holidays per year that they may have, but may not be necessary with Europe's current growth. ... According to the Sunday Business Group, Germans are working seventeen percent less hours, down to 1400 hours annually, than they were in 1980's while Americans keep rolling at forty hours per week or 1800 annually3. However, Germany is the world's third largest economy. ... Although drastic...

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One example is world war II, which started in the middle of Europe- -considered then the most civilized part of the world- because of Germany's belief in its national superiority. ... Trade became one of the main incomes of the countries and trade required close interaction between countries and decisions were started to be taken to ease traders by governments. This attitude of governments have led economic affairs to shape up cultural practices of states. ...

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The first six members were Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg. ... Agriculture and therefore farmers hold a lot of votes for the EU governments. From one hand he CAP had to provide efficiency for farmers so that governments could gain votes but from the other hand the CAP costs a lot a lot money to governments. ...

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However with the new hardline Government elected in Greece, saying they would not pay any more to their creditors, was beginning to look at lot like Argentina in 2001. Through very heated negotiations with its creditors the ECB and Germany it has managed to gain further funding (well a continuation of its present plan which runs out in a number of months, this was the 240billion euro bailout a number of years ago.) ...

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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. ... While some members of the Iranian government apologized for the mob's "unacceptable behavior," other officials announced their support of the attackers, including Mohammad Mohammadian, a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. ...

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If the stakes are high the American government did not prove to be squeamish about the side they support. ... While Germany, Austria and Italy were pro Slovenian and Croat self-determination, France and UK were pro-unity. ...

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Besides there have been encouraging initiatives taken by the current government under the leadership of President Putin to expedite the reform process that seem to be bearing fruit in the form of a much improved economy, high investor confidence and an overall improvement in the business climate. ... Following the United States was Cyprus with a F.D.I of $ 3.72 billion and then Germany with a F.D.I of 1.51 billion. ... Moreover crime and corruption play a dominant role in Russian business and security has always been a cause for concern inspite of an ongoing attempt by the government to...

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Budget deficits and government policy still determine how much capital is left over for private-sector investments in each nation. ... Recent moves by the US, Germany, and other nations to censor the Internet demonstrate, sadly, how the supposedly borderless flow of information over the Net is still very much subject to the decisions and actions taken by individual nations. ... In Germany, a task force is studying online jurisdictional issues, as well as licensing and liability matters. ...

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Both countries had no positive results due to the high subsidies given by the European governments to their farmers. Though primary products account for 38 percent and 37 percent for agricultural manufacturers Argentine cattle ranchers as well as farmers receive no subsidies from the Argentine government. ... The Argentine government hopes to export beef to Asia, especially to Japan. Argentina exports oilseeds in the type of sunflowerseed or soybean to Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, Germany, Holland Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Russia, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom,...

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In this lecture by Dr. Shahi Tharoor, a member of the Indian Member of Parliament and a former Under-Secretary General of the UN discussed the rise in nationalism and nationalist's leaders across Asia. He starts up by stating how as nationalism in Asia increases, incidents such as the continued rese...

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The twelve members were- Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. ... An example is, some member countries, such as Great Britain, have worried that a shared European currency would threaten their national identity and their government's authority. ...

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