... enlargement and limited the number of MEPs to a maximum of 732 and allocated seats between member states and candidate countries: Member States Candidate Countries Belgium 22 Bularia 17 Denmark 13 Cyprus 6 Germany 99 Czech Republic 20 Greece 22 Estonia 6 Spain 50 Hungary 20 France 72 Latvia 8 Irealnd 12 Lithuania 12 Italy 72 Malta 5 Luxembourg 6 Poland 50 Netherlands 25 Romania 33 Austria 17 ... Slovakia 13 Portugal 22 Slovenia 7 Finland 13 Sweden 18 United Kingdom 72 (http://europa.eu.int/comm/nice_treaty/index_en.htm) The Treaty of Nice actually extended the number of members to the ...

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... the labour market. As one can see in Table 1.0 something needs to be done to lower the youth unemployment rates in Europe. Europe 27 has an youth unemployment rate of 22" compared to a rate of 16,2% in the United States. Countries such as Italy, Portugal, Spain and Greece have been suffering from the financial crises and have currently youth unemployment rates ... 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. tsdec4...

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... cannot be defended in the twenty first century, citizens have no clear idea of their true rights and freedoms that protect them from the state, and Great Britain needs to catch up to the rest of the modern democracies of the world and create a written document. Even though there have been no real problems with Great Britain not having a true constitution ... ...

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... 's window to the world. It is a common occurrence in the United States and the rest of the industrialized world to wake up and turn on the television before work to catch up on the latest local and global news. Whether we?re in the car listening to the radio, or at work catching up on the latest stock reports, we are ... ...

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... counteract these threats, the common European policies restricted imports from Japan and the NICs, while trying to set up joint ventures with American and Japanese companies, in an attempt to catch-up technologically. Therefore, they forced the foreign investors to share technology in order to gain access to the closed European market. Another effect of New Protectionism has been the alteration ... ...

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... the way it is financed'17.This has been held to include: public agencies18, trade associations19 and even individuals20 without the need for them to have a 'profit motive'21.22 Bodies established by national law, for example to collect harbour duties, 23 or 'bodies set up by Treaty articles'24 cannot be classified as undertakings, however 'a state-owned ... ...

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... not affiliated with any specific political party and/or religion. As the Army's leader, Col. Riad al-Assad states: their aim is to protect all elements of the Syrian society.22 Some of the actors involved in the Syrian Civil War discussed earlier have intervened because of humanitarian reasons. Others, however, have only placed their interests as their first priority. Many ... ...

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... for EU and euro membership. At the same time, it shows that the EU decision makers can be somewhat lenient towards aspiring euro countries" ("Greece Joins" para. 22). Especially after Greece's economy started to spiral down, many became concerned, "Should the future of the European Union, and perhaps of NATO too, be put at risk by the ... ...

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... -member immigrated to European Union, the biggest group (38,5%) was countries from Europe which are not members of EU including Turkey, Albania or Ukraine. 24,5 % of immigrants came from Africa, 22,0 % from Asia, and 14,2 % from the Americas. Citizens of non-EU countries can be divided into groups according to the degree of development of the state of which they are ... ...

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... , Italian and German debt , and the same threat exists as these countries also hold many Greek bonds. Another issue threatening the United States is that it exported $412 billion, or 22.5 percent of its exports, to the Eurozone in 2010 and the poor economic conditions of Eurozone nations will likely result in significantly lower export earnings this year. This is a particular ... ...

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... have shown mixed results. As ACP exports are dominated by a small number of countries, such as "eight accounting for 61% of all ACP exports to the EU", with Nigeria having 22% of all exports in 1992, surely some countries are not being treated fairly enough to enable them to best compete?(McDonald & Dearden, 1999:340). Increased concessions and a reduction in international ... ...

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... . This system is less expensive, but it does not give workers control of their companies (eabg.org). Since 1999, the government has privatized more than 1,200 enterprises in more than 22 sectors. That number accounts for 77.5% of state owned assets (excluding infrastructure) and 48.7% of total assets. The privatization of business is rapidly turning Bulgaria into a market-oriented economy driven ... ...

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... Factbook, East Asia is not ready for US departure. Country GDP (as of 1/1/00) Military Spending as of (1/1/00) China $4.8 trillion $12.608 billion Mongolia 6.1 billion 20 million North Korea 22.6 billion 4.9 billion South Korea 625.7 billion 9.9 billion Japan 2.95 trillion 42.9 billion Taiwan 357 billion 8.042 billion East Asian Totals 8.761 trillion 78.37 billion Total EU 8.025 trillion 167 ... ...

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... the EU wine law and thus made Bulgarian wine accessible to EU market, specifically Germany without the restrictions which other non-EU competitors face. German per capita wine consumption is 22.9 liters (both wine and sparkling wine) in midyear 1997/98 with 9.9 liters in foreign wines, however, an increasing number of households frequently buy and consume wine. This is surely a solid ... ...

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... committee's task was to draw up a report on the planned European reconstruction program and to present it to the U.S. Government as a proposal (Hemmling, H D). The report, which was ready on September 22, 1947, proposed that a European reconstruction program should be carried out with the U.S. - limited to four years - and the participating countries cooperating closely in the economic field. "The report stated that ... ...

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... possible. Nicole Willams, an author for Lonely Planet, says "unscrupulous agents will offer you only the travel options that bag them the juiciest commission. Shop around and ask hard questions". ( 22 ) If one decides to use a travel agent, he/she should make sure that agent is a member of the "American Society of Travel Agents." The next thing that should be done ... ...

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... and petroleum products, chemicals, transport equipment, iron and steel, machinery, textile yarn and fabrics, grains. These products are segmented into following sectors: Intermediate goods (40" ), Capital goods (24,0%), Consumer goods (22,9%) and Energy (12,3%) of the total import share. (CIA World Factbook) Finland's most important trade partners, counted with the share of the total import: Germany (14,5 %), Sweden (11,0%), Russia (10 ... ...

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... Europe. And we have more weight in Europe if we are listened to in Washington. My vision for Britain is as a bridge between the EU and the USA." (Tony Blair - 22/11/99) With this statement Tony Blair realises that Britain are really of no use to the US whilst they remain on the fringes of the EU. As Allen identifies ... ...

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