Spain is surrounded by beautiful beaches and mountaintops. ... Spain has given great effort to help support the people of the country. ... Spain has a 20% unemployment rate. ... Spain went deeper and deeper into debt until 1982. ... On January 1, 1986, Spain finally ascended to the EEC. ...
During the early 1500's the Spanish and Portugal lead the world with their great and dominant Navies. The Spanish discovery of silver in Zacateces and San Luis Potosi allowed Spain to have a lot of trading power with East Asia in the way of silk and back home in Spain helped to put money back into the treasury after the 800 year-long recon quest of Iberia form the Moors (The world that trade created, pg. 54). ... But as time goes on the Spanish and Portuguese hold on the world scene lessens, in many ways due to privaterring, which lead to losses in Spain and gains for the Dutch, Engl...
France was military and economically weaker than Catholic Spain. ... Spain began an occupation of Netherlands. ... The wealth acquired helped the Dutch-English war effort but it also made Spain poorer. ... To make matters worse, The Portuguese rebelled against the Spanish therefore Spain had to divert some troops to subdue the rebellion in Portugal. ... France launched an invasion into Spain causing Spain to call back more troops from the battlefields to defend the Western Hapsburg seat of Power. ...
Reminiscing about my past experiences helps me to determine my plans for the future. ... I was born into a Spanish speaking home, with both parents being immigrants. ... Fortunately because I could speak thou not fluently English and Spanish at the age of six I was able to be the family advocate. ... Benefiting by being fluent in both Spanish and English I will be able to serve the Hispanic immigrants. ...
With the accession of Spain, Portugal (1986) and Greece (1981) the population of EU grew by 22 per cent while its GDP only by 10 per cent . ... The least favoured countries as Spain, Portugal, Greece and Ireland have managed to reduce the gap between their economies and other regions of EU. ... At the national level, convergence is still significant for the least prosperous countries of the Union (Greece, Portugal, Ireland and Spain), with average per capita GDP rising from 67.6% in 1988 to 78.8% in 1998. ... The cumulative effect added about 10% to GDP in Greece, Ireland and Portugal and over...
Mobile EU citizens over 65 most often choose Spanish coast in pursuit of a better quality of life in the sun. ... That remittances is extra capital which helps the economy of sending country. ... The biggest group (60,3 %) of all immigrants came to the United Kingdom (566 044), Germany (489 422), Spain (457 649) and Italy (385 793). In 2011 Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany and France reported the highest number of emigrants. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Ireland, Spain, Poland and Romania reported more emigration than immigration and in 16 other EU countr...
Countries especially hard hit in terms of employment are the Baltic countries, Ireland and Spain. ... He identifies points that were not present before the crises and that should be adapted so as to help reduce the effects of the 2008 crises and also to prevent a similar crises. ... Amongst these suggestions is the priority to restore lending by tackling problems in the financial system, a commitment to help emerging and developing economies in the crises (like we did to Spain and Greece), create comprehensive and internationally coordinated policies, interventions to unlock credit markets an...
Illegal immigrants voted in Fresno and Tulare County in November 1994; and a prominent legal alien - a Mexican businessman and a publisher of a Spanish language newspaper - cast a ballot in both 1992 and 1994, despite his lack of American citizenship. The translations have large errors and help for fraud too. ...
The study of a foreign language helps improve English vocabulary and its proficiency. ... Learning a foreign language will help to get into an out of state college. It will also help with one's job opportunities and helping to higher salary potential. ... Most companies are looking to trade with Japan and they are looking for someone to help them out with trade overseas. ... It helps improve upon the understanding of literature, science, law and government. ...
The most commonly learned language for the business world is Spanish. Hundreds upon hundreds of companies are spending their own money to help train their own workers in learning other languages. ... I know first hand that having the ability of speaking a foreign language, especially one like Spanish can help in providing a serious upper hand in the job market. ... To help deal with this issue American companies The use of computer networking and personal computer use is extremely common in the United States and almost everyone involved with the business world knows how to successfully...
Another reason why Turkey should be added to the EU is because their is an "increasingly well-educated population can help the EU cope with the problems of an ageing population " (bbc). ... There has been a high unemployment rate in Greece and Spain that is causing Europe lots of trouble. ... The EU could increase its competition by adding Turkey, which would help them greatly. ...
At that point of the history Brits were fighting for their national independence with fire and swords, now they do it with the help of politics. ... By that time, Britain finally becomes a decent rival for such pioneers of exploration as France, Spain, and Portugal. ... Brits are famous for their love to travel: they gladly praise Spain for its beauty, Germany for its precision, France for its sophistication and so on. ...
Since then, Italy has been unable to pay interest without increasing its debt, which helped pave the way to its current economic issues. ... Germany has given aid to numerous weaker Eurozone countries, including $164.7 billion to France and $175.7 billion to Spain, and has been considered to be one of the few Eurozone countries capable of assisting many others in economic crises. ... The United States also owns significant amounts of Spanish, Italian and German debt , and the same threat exists as these countries also hold many Greek bonds. ...
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. ... Other Eurozone countries such as Italy, Portugal, Spain and Ireland have similar type of problem as Greece, but none of them saw their economy collapse as Greece. ...
How would a policeman who only speaks English understand what someone speaking Vietnamese, Spanish, Chinese, or any other language, would want him to do for them? ... The whole meaning of a nation is that everyone is united as one and helps each other out when times get rough. ...
"Some experts say Europe's economic woes are holding back economic recovery in the United States by undermining consumer confidence, exports and investments and that the U.S. government should do more to help Europe fix its problems. ... By implementing the Euro it was supposed to be strong against the dollar and would help trading, investing and traveling. ... " By joining the 17-nation Eurozone, some less-prosperous countries - notably Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Italy - suddenly had access to cheap credit. ... Also will the U.S. help bail out any of the countries in ...
Darian-Smith evokes portrayal of the English Channel Tunnel as a phenomenal link between United Kingdom and France, "The Tunnel Link may help us prosper/ Europe now is close to hand/ Trans-Manche in one fell swoop becomes/ The modern Conqueror of our land! ... On November 1, 1993, the twelve members of the European Community (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain) ratified the Treaty on European Union. ...
As are the issues of Ireland and the Basque region of Spain, with continued turmoil, we must consider the role of these nations in forming a peaceful European existence, and these form part of the discussion of intrastate conflict. ... For example, if the Union and its member states are prepared to integrate with Hungary and other smaller nations they must be prepared to defend at all cost these nations as they would larger nations like Spain or Italy. ... The influence of the WEU on CFSP helps the union to define defence aspects of policy, so that when a crisis does occur, help can be qui...
It will consequently help them develop a frame of mind that can easily conceptualize the English language. ... Bilingualism also is important as it enables the non-English speaking individuals exercise their constitutional rights during major elections in the United States Some English speaking individuals may feel that native languages of the migrants such as Spanish are there to erode the English language. ...
From the CIA World Factbook data I have drawn these conclusions through a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that I created: Country GDP (as of 1/1/00) Military Spending as of (1/1/00) Austria $190.6 billion $1.7 billion Belgium 243.4 billion 2.8 billion Denmark 127.7 billion 2.822 billion Finland 108.6 billion 1.8 billion France 1.373 trillion 39.831 billion Germany 1.864 trillion 32.8 billion Greece 149.2 billion 4.04 billion Ireland 73.7 billion 732 million Italy 1.212 trillion 23.294 billion Luxembourg 14.7 billion 131 million The Netherlands 365.1 billion 6.956 billion Portugal 151...
In 1991 to further integration, the leaders of the 12 European Community nations--Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Luxembourg signed the Maastricht Treaty on European Union, which laid down the path for the formation of the Economic and Monetary Union. ... Today, the EU, comprised of 15 member states: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, embraces over 370 million E...
The introduction of the European Monetary System (EMS) in 1979 helped to stabilise exchange rates and encouraged the Community member states to employ strict policies that allowed them to maintain their mutual solidarity and to discipline their economies. Greece joined the Communities in 1981 and was followed by Spain and Portugal in 1986. ... The EU embraced this opportunity to help stabilise the European continent and to extend the benefits of European unification to these young democracies. ...
Almost every town is equipped with a wide range of restaurants with international cuisines including Chinese, Italian, French, Balkan, Spanish, German, American, and British. ... Language According to PeopleSoft, a company in Pleasanton, CA, "The Netherlands is very business friendly, and its multilingual workforce helps PeopleSoft avoid many of the obstacles that come with expanding overseas." v/s Robin Washington, Finance director, PeopleSoft, (Netherlands Investment News, Spring 1998). ...
Due to the considerable number of countries in Europe using their own monetary units, problems arose in trading between countries as well as discrepancies in exchange rates between the various forms of money. After several consecutive years of confusion, the European Monetary Union concluded that i...
