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III. Nature of regional problems 6 A. Regional Disparities 6 B. Transport 6 C. Population 7 D. ECONOMICAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS 9 IV. Government Policy to Reduce Disparities 12 I. Introduction France is a country located in Western Europe. It has the largest territory from all the EU members. Some of its overseas islands and territory are located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic oceans. France has been a major power for many centuries, with strong

exceptional circumstances such as wartime). It is a matter of active controversy in various countries and states, and positions can vary within a single political ideology or cultural region. In the European Union member states, Article 2 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union prohibits the use of capital punishment. Today, most countries are considered by Amnesty International as abolitionist, which allowed a vote on a nonbinding resolution to the United Nation to promote the

in the 38th rank for the GDP per capita at the exchange rate nominal, slightly below the average of the EU, which is 37th. In classification by GDP in PPA, France is the 9th economic power. France is a part of founding countries of the European Union and of the Euro zone. In the heart of an economically very developed zone, its economy benefited from the implementation of the European common market. The intervention of the State in the economy is traditionally important. The level of public spending

face à l’élargissement : perceptions, acteurs, enjeux, Presses de Sciences Po, Paris, 2004, 322 p. Schmidt (Burkardt) (Ed. by), EU Enlargement and Armaments. Defence Industries and Markets of the Visegrad Countries, Institut d’études de sécurité, Union européenne, Occasional Paper n° 54, septembre 2004, 80 p. Document téléchargé depuis www.cairn.info - - - 41.105.132.208 - 01/06/2015 19h15. © La Doc. française Transparency International, Rapport 2005 sur la corruption dans le monde (notamment les

Cold War, two German states were formed in 1949: the western Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the eastern German Democratic Republic (GDR), but thanks to the implementation of a common market, Germany could overcome its difficulties to become the 2nd powerful countries in the world behind USA and Japan. Moreover, Germany has belonged to associations which allow it to develop its economy. For instance, Germany has belonged to the European Union (APEC) since it’s beginning in 1951 and the World

geopolitics. Nowadays, almost 200 states/territories, last one accepted = Eastern Timor in 2000 but problems of recognition for several else: Kosovo, Abkhazia … There are 3 different types of states: - Post modern states (i.e. European Union one) - Modern states (the majority) - Failed/post colonial states Geopolitics appeared really with the 1756-1763 war = the 1st global war, when something happened in Europe was visible in different parts of the world (Canada

revitalize certain sectors. Following the world crisis, numerous political powers of country decided to adopt, for example, subsidies to favour the replacement of the former vehicles. It is the case of Japan and thirteen countries of the European Union. For example, Germany proposes 2500 Euros for a nine years old car to be destroyed and replaced by a Green car. The economical environment of the automobile industry is evolving. Fist of all, we can talk about the change rate. It strongly influences

Workshop papers for the VIIth World Congress of the International Association of Constitutional Law W O R K S H O P N o. 4 The Constitutional Legal Nature of The European Union (The Theoretical Premises of European Constitutionality) Prof. Karel Klíma Faculty of Law, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic I. The Constitutional Legal Specialties of EC/EU in the Development The phenomenon of EC/EU needs investigating, which would use the best methods of public law and political

of the British language. After independence, English remained an official language in many countries and is taught as a second language in school. II – Britain and Europe. Britain’s most important relationship today is with the European Union (EU). Over half of Britain’s trade is with the EU. Yet, not all British people are sure that Europe is a good thing for them. About half of them believe that Britain needs Europe because it offers british companies a market of over 250 million people

and cooperation among each other, members of a regional bloc are aiming for an improvement of their economies and the growth of the size of their national firms, hopefully into Transnational Corporations (TNC). However, in the case of the European Union (EU), we need to ad one more reason for the creation of such a bloc: to prevent another war. Indeed, over the last century, France and Germany had fought each other three times, and two of this conflicts turned into world wars that completely destroyed