Why Geography Matters More Than Ever

European Union The author Harm de Blij of the book “why geography matters more than ever” stated that Europe is one of the most important part in the world and the place where WW one and WW two started. After the WW two, as European countries were losing the wealth and influence worldwide, the EEC came out with the first six countries. The EEC had been developed into a brand new organization which called “the European union”, and almost 30 countries have joined the EU. The EU is currently playing an absolutely necessary role not only in Europe but the world. The EU, which started with six countries, and now expended to 28 countries with some potential candidate countries, has been an important part of the world. At the beginning the EEC was found to remove the trade barrier and set up the common market for coal and steel in the six start countries. As time passed, more and more countries joined in the EU and it helped the countries within the EU to minimalize the trade barrier such as taxes. Economically, it seems their purpose at the first place works pretty well. The member countries in the EU have been experienced a rapidly development in …show more content…
In the early 1990s, the EMU were working on the single currency progress. After that, the majority of EU have accepted the single currency progress and have been using the Euro instead of their historic currency. It was doubt that countries might not willing to give up their own currency but eventually most of countries did it. Although, it is hard for countries to give up their heritage currency, the single currency did help EU members to have rapidly growth in GDP. Therefore, I think the single currency is a really great step in history for EU, which might help members to minimize trade barrier and import taxes. The EU held the first place in the GDP ranking 2014, with even a little bit higher GDP than