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Máster en Relaciones Internacionales y Comercio Exterior Módulo Unión Europea. Página web de la asignatura: www.aeue.weebly.com. Profesor Alberto Romero Ania 3 de marzo de 2010. Welcome to Our 1st Meeting. EUROPEAN UNION. Lecturer Alberto Romero Ania Aliter, March 2010. Presentation.
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Máster en Relaciones Internacionales y Comercio Exterior Módulo Unión Europea Página web de la asignatura: www.aeue.weebly.com Profesor Alberto Romero Ania 3 de marzo de 2010
EUROPEAN UNION Lecturer Alberto Romero Ania Aliter, March 2010
Presentation • Professor • Students • Subject • Topic • Goal • Syllabus • Evaluation via participation
Introduction • European Union´s Member States • Initially 6 nations, today 27 countries
Austria • Year of entry 1995 • Population 8.1 million • Historical and political overview • Economy: • High standard of living • Strong commercial relations • Well-development market economy
Belgium • Year of entry 1957 • Population 10.4 million • Historical and political overview • Economy: • Manufactures and private enterprises • Transport network • Few natural resources • High public debt
Bulgaria • Year of entry 2007 • Population 7.8 million • Historical and political overview • Economy: • Former communist country • Economic reform • Responsible fiscal planning • Steady progress on business environment
Cyprus • Year of entry 2004 • Population 0.7 million • Historical and political overview • Economy: • Dominated by the service sector (76% of GDP) • Agricultural • Republic of Cyprus • Trukish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Czech Republic • Year of entry 2004 • Population 10.2 million • Historical and political overview • Economy: • One of the most stable and prosperous of the post communist states of Eruope • Intensified restructuring process • Strong investment
Denmark • Year of entry 1973 • Population 5.4 million • Historical and political overview • Economy: • High-tech agricultural • Goverment welfare measures • Danis krone
Estonia • Year of entry 2004 • Population 1.4 million • Historical and political overview • Economy: • New member of WTO and EU • Strong ties to the West • Trading partners
Finland • Year of entry 1995 • Population 5.2 million • Historical and political overview • Economy: • High GDP • Higly industrialised • Manufacturing is the key economic sector • High unemployment
France • Year of entry 1995 • Population 59.6 million • Historical and political overview • Economy: • The goverment privatised many large companies and retains controlling others. • Labour market inflexibility • One of the highes tax burden
Germany • Year of entry 1957 • Population 82.6 million • Historical and political overview • Economy: • Technologically powerful economy • Slowest growing economies of the EU • Modernisation and integration of the eastern German economy
Greece • Year of entry 1981 • Population 11 million • Historical and political overview • Economy: • Public sector 40% of the economy • Tourism 15% of the economy • The major beneficiary of the EU aid • Infraestructure upgrades
Hungary • Year of entry 2004 • Population 10.1 million • Historical and political overview • Economy: • Private sector: 80% of GDP • Strong economic growth • Foreing firms • Links with Germany
Ireland • Year of entry 1973 • Population 4 million • Historical and political overview • Economy: • Agriculture importance • Governament economic programes • Trade dependent economy
Italy • Year of entry 1957 • Population 57.3 million • Historical and political overview • Economy: • Developed industrial north • Most raw materials are imported • Structural reforms • High level of unemployment
Lativa • Year of entry 2004 • Population 2.3 million • Historical and political overview • Economy: • Recovered from Russian financial crisis • Lativaça trade dependency of Russia • Member of the WTO since 1999
Lithuania • Year of entry 2007 • Population 3.5 million • Historical and political overview • Economy: • Most trade with Russia • Privatisations • Change of trade orientation from East to West
Luxemburg • Year of entry 1957 • Population 0.4 million • Historical and political overview • Economy: • Solid growth • Low inflation • Low unemployment • Depends of cross-border workers
Malta • Year of entry 2004 • Population 0.4 million • Historical and political overview • Economy: • Tourism • Produces only 20% of its food needs • Depends on foreing trade • Dependents on manufacturing
The Netherlands • Year of entry 1957 • Population 16.2 million • Historical and political overview • Economy: • Prosperous economy • Depends on foreign trade • Industrial activity is predominantly in food processing and petrolium refining.
Poland • Year of entry 2004 • Population 38.2 million • Historical and political overview • Economy: • Highest unemployment rate • Many reforms in health care, education, the pension system and the state administration.
