European countries

Its territory encompasses roughly 357,000 square kilometers. It stretches from the North Sea and the Baltic Sea in the north to the Alps in the south. Some of the largest European rivers – the Rhine, the Danube and the Elbe – flow through Germany. German landscapes are extraordinarily varied and attractive: low and high mountain ranges, extensive lake lands, forests and roughly 2,390 kilometers of coastline. Society: Lively Diversity Germany has 82 million inhabitants. They include roughly 15…

A British exit from the European Union may be on the horizon, however it will be a very difficult choice for Prime Minister David Cameron. A British exit has it’s pros and cons and if Britain 's choses to stay or leave the European Union will have the country divided, it seems as if staying in the European Union would be the smarter choice for many reasons. Staying in the European Union may have some financial benefits, but the overall freedom and happiness of the the British population will…

It aimed to limit European expansion in the Americas after the United States had accepted the responsibility of being a protector of the newly independent states. In 1823, when news stirred of Spain and France restoring their combined power to bring war upon the new nations, it appalled the British who felt all the work statesmen had done to get France out of the New World would be undone. The British wanted the support of the United States, but Adams felt instead of standing behind the British…

transitioning from a nation based world to a regional world using three examples: Catalonia, the Arctic and the European Union. Regionalism consists of the idea that politics are conceived in regional rather than national terms. Catalonia is an example of growing regionalism as a sub-state region in Spain. Catalonia is…

past twenty years. The first one being the expansion of the European Union in 2004. Through the expansion they included ten small post-communist countries that were very poor, and when they officially became a part of the E.U. many citizens that lived there left to go find better job opportunities in countries such as Britain. Additionally, the 2008 financial collapse and the Eurozone crisis drove citizens of recently impoverished countries, such as Spain and Portugal, to flock to other E.U.…

The Culture of Food in the United States and in Europe According to the Fast Food Industry Profile: Europe published in 2012 : « The European fast food market has experienced moderate, consistent growth in recent years. This moderate growth is predicted to continue to the end of the forecast period.” This statement obviously implies that European countries have somehow taken more and more examples on the American ways of living, where fast foods and eating habits would be included in these…

The European crisis has affected numerous individuals over the years, and still continues to affect several of them. As stated in the article “Why did the Crisis happen?” It all began “When a slowdown in the US economy caused over-extended American homeowners to default on their mortgages, banks all over the world with investments linked to those mortgages started losing money.” (2014) Our fourth largest bank in America collapsed, and other banks feared the same would happen to them. As a…

Rhône-Alpes particularly is involved in strengthening relations and cooperation on a European level, but also internationally. However, the region participated in programmes directed to development of France as a whole. For Rhône-Alpes region are established specific programmes and projects involving partners from different countries, but also collaboration on the international arena. Some of the programmes focused only on issues in particular part of the region itself. URBAN II programme in the…

mid-eighteenth century, Europe was starving for more power. With the colonization of the New World, different countries began to try and one up another in order to achieve ultimate power. Despite this, on the major scale, it was Europe itself trying to dominate the world on a global scale. Europe began to expand to increase their overall power, and inside of the continent, individual countries started act unreasonable so that it would not grant powers to anyone outside of themselves, which…

The migration system with the European Union is quite a simple arrangement; Treaties, Directives and Regulations are put into place for European Union (EU) citizen members. If you are not a European Union citizen then the system becomes more complex with boundaries for entry. European law is the highest form of law within the EU, for example it will overpower British Acts of Parliament. If you are a citizen of a member state that is a member of the European Union then you will be allowed…