... Lisbon Treaty states that "Citizens are directly represented at Union level in the European Parliament".1 This is in harmony with one of the aims set out in the Preamble of the Treaty, which is to enhance the democratic legitimacy of the European Union (EU).2 ... directly elected Members of EP. 17 Moreover, the other members of the Commission are appointed by the Council in agreement with the elected President with necessary approval from the EP.18 Considering how the Commission is comprised of members that are resulted from a democratic process, as well as being ... argue that there ar...

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... plummeted to a mere 30% of what it was worth prior to the default but a depreciating currency has its benefits too. When a currency depreciates in the world market, its goods are cheaper to other countries so consumers buy their products (soybeans, wheat) and Argentina's exports increase. Boosting the economy ... helping it recover slightly and giving some investors courage to invest in the Argentina's economy again, all be it at a much lower volume of funds prior to the default. Greece doesn't have its own currency it ... sovereign nation not a aligned to any EU, it didn't share a curre...

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... ITALY 3,780,496 517,770 33.44 FRANCE 2,512,215 581,164 37.54 SPAIN 1,698,535 194,149 12.54 MACEDONIA 395,593 20,016 1.29 BULGARIA 216,996 18,524 1.20 Demand: Germany produces primarily delicate, light white wines with low alcohol and some red wines. About 80 percent of the vineyard area is planted with white grape and ... Capita 1996 1997 1998 1999 Alcoholic beverage 161.3 160.3 156.3 156.3 - Beer 131.9 131.2 127.5 127.5 - Wine 18.3 18.1 18.1 18.0 - Sparkling Wine 4.8 4.9 4.7 4.9 - Spirits 6.3 6.1 6.0 5.9 The German wine market developed rapidly in 1998. This positive development was bas...

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... most assume that it is English since we are predominantly an English speaking country. The question of an official language is not an argument in most other countries because they do not have the mix of cultures that we do. Ninety-two percent of the world's countries have ... least one official language; therefore most countries in the world do not have a multilingual government because they are united under one language. They do not accommodate for immigrants who speak different languages by providing official documents or ballots or other government services in an assortment of langua...

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... for Italy is 37"1. Since the economic crisis the youth unemployment rate has increased rapidly from 20,3 in 20072 until the rate we are facing now. Table 1.1 shows the situation in 2012 regarding the unemployment rates in Italy compared to the European situation. Table 1.1 Unemployment rates in Italy in 2012 (%)3 Youth (under ... 25's) Males (25-74) Females (25-74) IT 35,3 9,9 11,9 EU-27 22,8 10,4 10,5 Source: Eurostat. tsdec450, tsdec460 Many young people are not able to find a job and therefore need to keep living at home with their parents or are trying to make a career in a foreign c...

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... the tail, and the ability to harm others as an option when deemed necessary. Hand in hand, environmental factors play a major role in this activity. A simple way to express their aggression, pigs harness the technique of tail-biting in order to show their level of uncomfortability of their environment. For example, producers are aware how sensitive pigs are to any sort of noise or temperature ... . Heat- or cold-stressed pigs are more prone to express biting behavior because of their level of discomfort brought by the climate (Penny et all 1981 ... udder substitute. Gadd (1967), Fraser ...

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... powers is overstretching." This is so true if you look at examples historically. Napoleon conquered much of Europe but he was constantly stretching for more. The Roman Empire also reached out further than they could control. These are just two examples of great countries that were so busy reaching out ... for more control that they failed to maintain control of that which they already possessed. The same thing could end up happening right here in the U.S.A. if we are not careful. We are quick to judge the rest of ... want to pretend are not there and think that it is more important to f...

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... . This situation will leave other consequences in the economy and budget of Kosovo. Certainly, in the future we will have fewer revenues in taxes, customs and consumption. Most of the citizens are leaving Kosovo from the conviction that there are no jobs, no conditions for a normal life, no safety and no perspective for the future of their children. The initiative for Kosovo considers that the cause of ... this situation is the bad governing, especially in the past year, and the current governing coalition which has been very disappointing for the citizens. They say that this government ...

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... act - and be seen to act - on the international stage. A worldwide economic recession in the early 1980s brought with it a wave of euro-pessimism'. But hope sprang anew in 1985 when the European Commission, under its President Jacques Delors, published a white paper' setting out a timetable for completing the European single market by 1 January 1993. The Communities adopted this ambitious goal and ... 21st century, Europeans must together face the challenges of globalisation. Revolutionary new technologies and the Internet explosion are transforming the world economy. Meeting in Lisbon ...

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... can support Insufficient integration among @LIS components Selection and support of projects which, though technically sound, do not present sufficient potential for sustainability The four thematic areas develop in a completely separated way Keeping these considerations in mind, the International Stakeholders Networking (ISN) component of the @LIS Programme wants to constitute the connecting element that needs to ... Society and supporting the selected demonstration projects; 3. makes available an e-Learning environment to the demonstration projects and to other stakeholders for collabor...

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... community policy (EC). The European union (EU) is the worlds largest agricultural importer and the worlds second largest exporter. For the past 30 years the common agricultural policy has made the EU the the worlds second largest exporter in agricultural products. In order for that to happen it means that the European agricultural products are very competitive through out the world. The EU market ... share world wide was 21%in 1981 and 30%in 1989, meaning that EU was becoming better in exporting against its main rival the US. Let me state very ... briefly some factors that someone shou...

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... for themselves, escaping religious persecution, poverty, or a harsh government regime. Being an immigrant from Russia, I have went through quite an experience with the English language myself, and I can relate to this essay, My Mother's English, by Amy Tan. I was only a child of about the age of 10 when I came to this country, so I did adjust rather quickly, of course in ... I had to put up with constant teasing, and bullying from the children in my class. Some were understanding and helped me out with the language. I remember I had to ask another Russian girl to ask the teacher for me to...

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... caught up. In a table of cumulated growth rates of the GDP (1980-2000) Switzerland is placed last. Has Switzerland rested on its laurels? Or is it simply more difficult to grow always at the same speed, when a country already has reached a relatively high level of standard of ... living. Over the years, Switzerland has permitted itself the luxury of accepting a low productivity in some sectors of its economy, such as agriculture. And that's exactly where Switzerland has ... competition of the domestic market the cost of living will go down. The Big Mac index for instance shows that an...

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... regime of political repression, autocratic government and aristocratic privilege with the exception of France, Belgium and Britain only.Austria, under Metternich System was one of the repression and reaction country against revolution principles.She was dominated in German Confederation and northern Italian states. After the year 1848, the balance of power was upsetted.Austria declined as the Metternich threat was away. ... ended the era....and brought an end to the age of Metternich'. With the decline of Austria, France became the centre of Europe. Since then France played an active rol...

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... country involved had made plans. Many people had been expecting this war for sometime, waiting for a spark to set it all off. Now this trigger finally came on June 1914, where the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne in Austria, was assassinated. This set off a chain reaction around all the countries in Europe. Now during the years, Austria had quarrels with Serbia, which ... had become more explosive. Therefore Austria seized the chance of a war between them by accusing Serbia for the assassination. However this war was supposed to remain local. Nonetheless ... made war more l...

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... Malta's agricultural sector constitutes an important component of Malta's social structure. Maltese agriculture is a small size economic activity accounting for 2.6% of Malta's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 1.8% of total employment. In 2000, agriculture provided approximately for only 27% net of Malta's food requirements. Natural conditions, especially water shortage, water salinity and land fragmentation arising from ... not a producer of cereals (except for fodder), sugar, hops, rice, butter and milk powder. The only significant export in agriculture is spring crop potatoes. Malta's...

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... 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 resentment of the Chinese of the ... from atrocities of WWII has impacted recent trade between the two countries. Another example of this would be the Anti-Chinese riots in Vietnam that occurred in 2014 where Chinese oilrigs were used as the rally point. What is true of both of these incidents is that even though ... c...

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... various civilizations began to exchange ideas. Within each civilization, groups of people with distinctive customs and languages emerged. In time, some peoples, such as the Romans, gained power over others and built huge empires. Some of these empires flourished for centuries before collapsing. Great religions and later science and scholarship developed as people wondered about the meaning of human ... life and the mysteries of nature. Migration in Russia and Eastern Europe has shaped the civilization and culture in many ways. It also influenced the language spoken in different parts of...

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... The law seems harsh, the community code, protective and easy to sympathize with. During the play we get to know Marco and Rodolpho. The community, in the form of Eddie's household, has lent their support. These men are hard workers who just want to take care of their families, lead decent lives ... and would be more deserving than many who were lucky enough to be granted residency in the United States. There is another part of the community code that the play addresses which is part of the community codes of almost all civilization ... throughout the play. This shows how much Eddie resp...

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... Euro also inhibits Italy's ability to address its debt as effectively as possible. In past economic struggles, Italy has been able to devalue the Lira to make its products, including Fiat cars and a large array of luxury goods, more affordable for other countries. However, since it cannot do this under the Euro, and because the state of the European economy is hurting the ... luxury goods market, Italy may default and return to the Lira in the process. While Italy is less likely to default, as its Standard and Poor ... the Euro, Germans are unsure of what they want , as there are benef...

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... , there was rising internal friction within nation-states as well. The map of the European alliance system in Thick Facts 1 can be helpful to understand why Germany in particular was itching for a war. Within the Triple Entente, only France and Russia were bounded by a true alliance. Furthermore ... , during the period 1890 to 1907, the stability had turned heavily against Germany. Although the Germans were probably the strongest single nation in the world, ... they felt trapped by the French and the Russians, with whom they shared borders on the west and east. The combination of Germany...

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There are a multitude of reasons why Britain chose originally not to join but then joined in 1973. There are also several reasons for the change of heart that occurred between then and 1973. Britain felt it was in their best interests not to join a supranational organization but to wait and feel out the situation. This all began from 1950 with the Schuman plan which ... sovereignty and Political sovereignty. This however was just a prequel to the main plan for a European Community. In 1955 talks took place at Messina for a supranational organization. Britain was offered into the talks but in ...

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... about marriage. Considering Sri Lankan values and norms about marriage, it is much similar to South Indian marriages. Following are the important steps in typical Sri Lankan marriages. One the match is fixed by priests, brides, and groom's family get together at groom's house and fixes the ... marriage date. On the day of marriage, under the canopy, a marriage platform is erected. On the platform, until the marriage is solemnized, the bride sits to the right of the groom. ... (wives) who have more banging power are less likely to be unsatisfied in marriage (321-322). High levels of divo...

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... of more than 7,000 Muslims at  Srebrenica, we have still not finished the job of making the  Balkans  peaceful and safe for all. This was  the subject of a recent hearing held by Senators Jeanne Shaheen, Jim DeMint, and George Voinovich in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. It's also a subject likely to be discussed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at this week ... ; and a surrounding region made up of EU and NATO members. What's more, we know what is needed for success: using the attractive power of NATO and the EU to drive through tough but needed reforms. The challen...

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... all, the fact that so many countries will be using a single currency will give power to the euro against other currencies like the dollar, for example. The euro will increase the trade within the businesses in Europe and will make it easier to form mergers and joint ventures that will help the European economy overall. A single currency is going to ... companies will also be benefited because they can compare prices within Europe, and the Euro will make buying through the Internet much easier. For example, Land's End, a US cataloger had catalogs in four different languages with four diff...

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