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elections to the European Parliament so far, the turnout has fallen by an average of 3% each time, the largest drop occurring in the 1999 elections (7%). Of course, voter abstention is a common phenomenon in many countries around the world, more so in Western Europe, the USA, Canada and Japan. In the past, some electoral scholars (MorrisJones, 1954) have argued that a low turnout is not necessarily a bad thing. It might even be considered as an indication of voter satisfaction and trust in the established

Hutcheon Jimmy Relations in between Czech Republic and European Union Entrance of the Czech Republic in the European Union The Czech Republic is a young member of EU. On October 4, 1993, the Czech Republic and the EU signed an Association Agreement which comes into force on 1 February 1996. And after negotiations began in 1998, the Czech Republic joins the European Union by referendum dated 14 June 2003, 77.3% of Czech voters (with a stake of 55.21%) approved the accession on May 1, 2004

their own traditions as she is in favour of Europe being a “family of nations” and not the European Superstate France had been calling for for years. Indeed the Bruges speech is a response to Delors “social Europe” that was voiced at the 1988 trade unions congress only a few months before Thatcher's visit to Bruges. In fact, Thatcher only considers the idea of peace and prosperity as feasible goals and that's why she's in favour of a Europe-wide free trade area with little regulation and where each

Business Cultural Approach FORESTRY WORLDWIDE O s c a r F o n t a i n e • L é o C a i l l a r t • Vi c t o r B e r c u • A l e x a n d r e F a r h a t Table of Contents Introduction! Regional Outlook! Europe! Western and central Asia! Africa! South America and Caribbean! Asia and Pacific! North America! 2 3 3 6 7 10 14 17 20 Conclusion! ! 1 Introduction ! ! Forestry is the art and science of managing forests, tree plantations, and related natural resources. The main

Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) | Territorial organization | Territorially, the State is organized into municipalities, provinces and autonomous communities. There are 17 autonomous communities and two cities (Ceuta and Melilla). | European Union | Member State since 1986 | Concerning the territorial organization, as we just said, Spain is composed of 17 autonomous communities, to which Melilla and Ceuta have to be added. Those two are considered as autonomous cities at the border of Morocco

discuss the costs and benefits of joining the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)? Do the benefits outweigh the costs? Abstract: “EMU is seen as a mean to recover some influence over European monetary affairs.” (François Mitterrand, 1992) The idea of an EMU appeared in the Werner Report in the 1970s in which France has played a major role. Indeed, the French social democratic president François Mitterrand wanted the European Union and its member-states to have a stronger influence in the world compare

attracting over 2.4 million tourists per year. A former British colony, it gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1960 and became a Commonwealth republic in 1961. The Republic of Cyprus is a developed country and has been a member of the European Union since 1 May 2004. It adopted the euro on 1 January 2008. In 1974, following years of intercommunal violence between ethnic Greeks and Turks and an coup d'état by Greek Cypriot nationalists aimed at annexing the island to Greece and engineered by the

RENAULT Renault is one of the Europe largest car manufacturer. Holding a 44.3% stake in Nissan, it became the fourth largest automobile company of the world behind General Motors, Ford and Toyota. 70% of its sales volumes come from western Europe and 30% from its expansion outside (Asia, Russia...) Renault uses two different kinds of strategies to improve itself on car markets (according to the country’s culture). Renault in Europe Renault’s strategy. French car

invoking particularly its over-complex structure and poor leadership.2 The more cynical opponents doubt that the promised funds would ever be allocated and, even if this did happen, they believe that the respective amounts would return to the same western pockets.3 It is natural to have different opinions: some underlining the positive aspects of the Pact and others which stress its weaknesses. However, we have to recognise that the Stability Pact, with all its virtues, could not, in only one year

European Union emerged from WW2 traumatized and divided. More that 20 000 ppl died in the war. Eastern Europe was occupied by the Soviet Union. Consequently it is not surprising that the western politicians aimed at the closest possible cooperation. The UK experience of the war has been quite different. After the fall of France in 1940, the UK and its empire alone resisted. And the empire and the CW were important to its survival. UK was one of the “Big Threes” with the USA and the Soviet Union. Because