... collapse of communism and why thee countries have chosen a democratic' government rather than an authoritarian government etc. This essay will compare and contrast two post-communist countries, focusing on Poland, who has had a fairly successful' transition to democracy, and Romania, who shows clear signs of a complicated ... we will be looking at, and whether or not the transition was smooth or complicated, and successful or detriment? The difficulties that post-communist states had to face when they began the transition to democracy were innumerable, among the main ones, their problems...

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... " Let me now turn to the first of our seven listed reasons for Germany's support for a European Constitution, to that really unique "Verfassungspatriotismus". My generation may be called the post-nazi generation − no comfortable characterization at all, I tell you. But being at the same time daughters and sons − in fact more so granddaughters and grandsons of those ... Comparative polls have, however, shown that this has changed fundamentally 40 years later. Especially since 1989/1990 "Ballot not bullet" has gained universal validity shared beyond any doubt by Germany's post wall gene...

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... hoped to play a major role in world affairs. Third, the devastating results of the two world wars had discredited nationalism and strengthened moderate democrats to take an advanced seat in post-war Europe. Fourth, integration was a means by which German economic and military power might be safely revived. Fifth, centralized planning, which had evolved naturally with the war economies, made economic ... to prove itself in practice. The pretext of the first camp that EU does not introduce any substantive changes obviously neglects the changed socio-political and military realities of the...

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... Commission's diversification plans. However, one of the questions that attracted most attention in the early 1990's was the size of the Caspian hydrocarbon deposits. By the end of the first post-Soviet decade, it was still too early to make firm predictions, but it was estimated that Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan together contained in the range of 16.5 to 32 billion ... ...

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... the adoption of flexible exchange rates in the early 1970. The dollar will have its first competitor since it replaced the pound sterling as the world dominant currency during the post-war period after World War I, and it consolidated after World War II. The political impact of the Euro will be at least as great. A bipolar currency regime dominated by Europe ... ...

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... in most countries. The languages are often seen as barriers to communication, especially affecting commerce. This is the reason why the country has legally become bilingual, requiring some cities to post signs, regulations, and price in French as well as the region's official language. An example of overcoming this barrier is the following: it is recommending for foreigners doing business in ... ...

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... of wealth, but also in the dominance of western countries. Japan, being the only Asian country in G8 is however, greatly influenced by the United States of America after the post world war 2 years. China, which stands at 6th in 2002's GPD, ahead of Italy and Canada1 is not part of the G8. As a result, a "western ideology" image is portrayed and ... ...

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... and between educational institutions and companies; - mobility for teachers, graduates, administrators, young scientists and researchers, and young people; - promotion of teaching in the field of European Studies; - teaching EU languages; - post-graduate training of conference interpreters; - training of journalists; - training of trainers. The PCA foresees a wide scope of activities in the field of environmental protection. Article 55 lists the following target ... ...

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... declines when tensions arise and disappears when conflicts occur, concluding that war is Europe's enemy. Bahr further proclaims that Europe must identify its own role instead of clinging to its post-war policies, as it has done so far, whereas the US has utilised the campaign against terrorism to expand its influence in Central Asia, but the EU still has no ... ...

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... quite two years before local elections, one and a half years before parliamen-tary elections and two years before presidential elections, Romania seems to be standing at a crossroads. Thus, the ruling post-communists, the Romanian Social Democrats (PSD) of prime-minister and PSD party leader Adrian Nastase have to decide on how to continue the required political, social and economic transforma-tion ... ...

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... of job losses to immigrants rising by about 20%. A fourth loss to the EU is with regard to the European Commission's annual Regular Report 2001 which is primarily designed around post-communist candidate countries of which there are currently ten applying for EU membership. The report states that whilst " the government has taken steps to improve the functioning of central and ... ...

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... situation to achieve these end-results. Although during the Cold War, the United Nations was relatively powerless and almost a puppet of the two superpowers, its message endured and in the post-war world, has gained an increasing importance in mediating conflicts and giving smaller nations a voice in the global community. Similarly, the European Union offered war-torn nations from World War ... ...

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