... foreign investments came from the International Monetary Fund in the form of loans amounting to more than $18 billion contingent upon Ukraine adopting reforms in almost all aspects of society,[39] including a raise in domestic gas-supply price to the global price. The revolution was followed by protests in some south-eastern regions, a standoff with Russia regarding the annexation ... expel Russia from the group, thereby returning it to the previous G7, then introducing the first round of sanctions against the country.[citation needed] Moreover, the Yatsenyuk Government, respon...

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... of the Maastricht convergence criteria by traditionally fiscally profligate countries such as Italy and Belgium. The SGP eventually agreed upon in Amsterdam [reference unclear; not Dublin?] included a specified process for identifying and correcting excessive budget deficits, with a procedural timetable and ultimately the imposition of fines to ensure that monetary union in the EU was accompanied by a high degree of ... format of stability and convergence programmeprograms", 12 October, 1998). The pact consists of the two Council regulations, with the resolution as a confirmatory measure ...

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... existing agreements between the ASEAN member countries (ACIA Business Guide, 2013). This was reflected in the signing in 1987 of the ASEAN Agreement for the Promotion and Protection of Investments (AAPPI or IGA) that desires to create a favorable conditions for investments, and in 1998 of the Framework Agreement on the ASEAN Investment Area (AIA) envisions a region with a free flow of investment, which ... investment destination. The ACIA indicates a strong commitment to the promotion of investment through the liberalization of investment rules, uplifting trade barriers among member-sta...

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... of the region, specially after the Second World War. As from the second half of the 20th Century, the degree of progress attained by national industries made it difficult for manufactured products to compete in markets of both developed and developing countries. Thus, an expansion of the market through a process of integration of the Latin American economies was ... automatically extend, after actual formation of the common market, to the other Treaty parties any advantage, favor, entitlement, immunity or privilege granted to a product originating from or intended for countries that are n...

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... the European Union. Which if there they were not sufficient political changes in the world setting contemporary, we will have one more than large dimensions and economic and political consequences for the present international order. The fifth enlargement of the European Union supposes the major challenge since the foundation (CECA and CEEA) traveling through the consolidation to 1969 and culminating with ... and Oriental offers a new force al continent, in economic terms themselves does not expect an imbalance therefore nowadays, the commerce among the member countries and the candidates...

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... their elected agents under a free electoral system." An alternative definition is offered by Abraham Lincoln who describes a democratic government as a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people." From a comparative politics perspective, with the EU regarded as a political system, these definitions would suggests that to be a democratic political system, decisions made at an European ... The Guardian's victory in the European Court of Justice in 1995, where the court held that the Council had failed to strike a balance between the publics need for information and the nee...

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... in disclosing any situations that may be contrary to the intent of the policy and the ethical standards that it expresses. With this, many organizations have established core requirements for their organizations to follow. General Electric Company states that all employees must disclose their outside activities, financial interests or relationships that may present a possible conflict of interest ... people. Central and East European countries have also issued acts specifying declaration of assets and liabilities to combat the war against corruption. At the Second Seminar on Anti-Corrup...

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... has grown. As more decisions within the Council of Minis ­ters have become subject to qualified majority vot ­ing rather than unanimity to allow for greater speed and efficiency of decision-making, the Par ­liament has come to be viewed as an increasingly important democratic. The EP and the Council ... has grown. As more decisions within the Council of Minis ­ters have become subject to qualified majority vot ­ing rather than unanimity to allow for greater speed and efficiency of decision-making, the Par ­liament has come to be viewed as an increasingly important democratic. The ...

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... of Health issues guidelines to health boards, which are considered the competent institutions to authorize treatment in another EU state (Public Services). The nature of these guidelines provide that authorization for treatment abroad is only granted if the treatment in question is regarded as normal in the professional circles concerned and is necessary and unavailable, meaning that authorization can be refused ... insured in that member state" which means that, in some cases, patients may receive a higher quality of treatment at no extra expense (Hospital Management). Although there a...

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... area of the agreement [ ], since it challenges the very essence of the Union." Even though Farrell wonders, "What are the implications for traditional EU policies from deeper integration of the multilateral regulatory framework?" , Farrell proves overall very skeptical as to the bigger picture of those ... on EU policies, especially when compared to the Single Market Program However, here again the effects of the agreement prove limited in practice for, Farrell asserts, "the Uruguay agreement [in fact] ratified the European Union's preference principle and internal support mechanism, whi...

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... Luxemburg and the Netherlands, signed the Treaties of Rome, establishing the European Economic Community (EEC). Continuing with the integration, many other nation states decided to join the EEC mainly for economic reasons giving birth to the final European Union in 1992, with the Maastricht Treaty, which strengthened the integration, helping to later form a single market, in which goods, ... on the one hand and a political pygmy on the other" (Nugent 447), but to have a union with considerable international political influence as well. The Union's voice "Did not count for a great deal i...

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... the European ECOSOC are very similar to the ECOSOC of the United Nations, which is an umbrella organization with many smaller sub-agencies under its domain that is responsible for "promoting higher standards of living, full employment, and economic and social progress; identifying solutions to international economic, social and health problems; facilitating international cultural and educational ... cooperation; and encouraging universal respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms."" However, its organization is slightly different than that of the European Union. The ECOSOC of the ...

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... and its alliance with the UN enabled peace to be monitored and balanced from an international spectrum. During the fifties in Europe, Franco-German hostilities faded in landmark economic agreements for coal and steel (ECSC), atomic energy (EURATOM) and the European Economic Community (EEC), these treaties followed diplomatic ideology, aligning European economies, and peacekeeping through integration. In ... would elaborate and implement EU decisions in the area of defence. Later revision of the Maastricht Treaty through the Amsterdam Treaty, made reference to the Petersberg tasks as pri...

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