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  Does America really want a united Europe?
Europe is demographically dying and with that culturally, politically and militarily dying.
Europe has a reason to be grateful to USA and probably to George Bush senior in particular for the support to the reunification of Germany.
Europe has a reason to be grateful to USA for helping to solve the Balkan crises, which has been a shame for Europe we couldn‚t solve alone.
www.timothygartonash.com /oldforum/unitedeurope.html   (9706 words)

  
  United States of Europe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United States of Europe is a name given to one version of the possible future unification of Europe, as a sovereign federation of states, similar to the United States of America.
The analogy with the United States implies that the existing nation-states of Europe would be demoted to a status equivalent to the 50 U.S. states, losing their national sovereignty in the process.
In the United Kingdom, in deference to widespread Euroscepticism, the terms are taboo.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_of_Europe   (1673 words)

  
 Europe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea, and to the southeast by the waterways adjoining the Mediterranean to and including the Black Sea and the Caucasus Mountains.
On the east, Europe is divided from Asia by the water divide of the Ural Mountains and by the Caspian Sea.
Physiographically, Europe is the northwestern constituent of the larger landmass known as Eurasia, or Africa-Eurasia: Asia occupies the eastern bulk of this continuous landmass (save the Suez Canal separating Asia and Africa) and all share a common continental shelf.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Europe   (3983 words)

  
 Teaching about Western Europe. ERIC Digest.
The fact that the United States is a multi-ethnic society has already led to development of educational programs dealing with ethnic diversity and cultural pluralism.
In geography, economics, and history, Western Europe offers a breadth and variety of different social, political, industrial, financial, and legal systems that can be explored as individual cases or as comparative entities or, again, as parts of a cohesive whole.
Western Europe is a collection of individual cultures, languages, and peoples, which happen to be held together by common political and economic objectives.
www.ericdigests.org /pre-9217/europe.htm   (1714 words)

  
 Europe United News
"Europe United's steady growth is the result of continuos recruiting efforts and increasing recognition of the Europe United's work in becoming real and innovative alternative for traditional national political parties," said Aki Paasovaara, President of Europe United.
Founded in 2005, Europe United is a pro-European, pan-European federalist political party which advocates further European integration and the establishment of Federal Europe, with members representing 48 European countries.
Mikael Latreille is preparing the establishment of the Europe United Headquarter in Brussels.
www.europeunited.org /news.html   (3254 words)

  
 The New York Times > Week in Review > Europe United Is Good, Isn't It?
Only a year and a half ago, though, The Weekly Standard, a conservative magazine with close ties to administration hawks, was arguing that the United States should oppose a united Europe because it would inevitably succumb to the supposedly weak-kneed policies of France and Germany.
The case for the overriding importance of a united Europe to Mr.
That is because in a newly united and integrated Europe, former Communist countries like Poland have a much greater interest in keeping the social welfare, subsidies and economic boon they get by tying themselves to Europe than any advantage they might gain by heading off on a new military venture with the United States.
www.udel.edu /global/agenda/2005/student/readings/europeunited.html   (1298 words)

  
 The Crisis of the modern World, the New World Order and Kali Yuga
According to this view the spiritual precondition for a united Europe exists in the myth of a common destiny defended by the 'national revolutionary' groups of Europe.
To set a vision of the world and of Europe aside as 'irrelevant' would be to sink into the morass of political partisan politics, a cynical affair without identity, without spiritual meaning.
Europe must not be a stage towards the Westernisation of the world but a move against it, in fact a revolt against the modern world in favour of what is nobler, higher, more truly human.
www.geocities.com /integral_tradition/europa.html   (712 words)

  
 Europe: Eclipsing the American Dream?
The United States grows more conservative (as it deals with the new realities imposed on it by the "age of terror"), while the so-called "Old World" is experimenting with a new way of doing things.one that's arguably better suited to fit into the more globalized world that's emerging in the 21st century.
Europe understands that as multinational corporations are becoming more powerful than governments (even enforcing their will on them, with organizations like the IMF and World Bank), the governments will need the support of CSOs to remain a player.
Europe's Green Party — which is on the political fringe in the United States — is well-represented in local and national European governments.
www.ricksteves.com /about/pressroom/activism/eurodream.htm   (5529 words)

  
 Europe and America   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
A united Europe would follow a "third way" or "special path" between what they saw as the excessive capitalism of the Anglo-Saxons and the totalitarian communism of Asia.
As an independent country, the United Kingdom was able to send ground and air forces to the Gulf; as part of a European federation, we would have had to abide by the agreed policy.
Europe is not a nation, and it is dangerous for the EU to aspire to the trappings and functions of statehood while lacking real nationality.
www.heritage.org /Research/Europe/HL596.cfm   (1837 words)

  
 United Kingdom - Europe
United Kingdom, constitutional monarchy in northwestern Europe, officially the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The capital of the United Kingdom is the city of London, situated near the southeastern tip of England.
United Kingdom, UK, and Britain are all proper terms for the entire nation, although the term Britain is also often used when talking about the island of Great Britain.
www.countriesquest.com /europe/united_kingdom.htm   (912 words)

  
 UNECE–United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
These are some of the issues that will be addressed and discussed at the first meeting of the UNECE Team of Specialists on Innovation and Competitiveness Policies (TOS-ICP) on 8-9 March in Geneva.
The preparation for the sixth Ministerial Conference “Environment for Europe”, to be held in Belgrade on 10-12 October 2007, has reached
The issue is now getting the attention of the economists, and of those in the ministries of economy and finance and not necessarily only of people who deal with human rights or social issues.
www.unece.org   (307 words)

  
 STADIUM 64 - Reviews Archive: Manchester United Europe
Aiming to re-create United's glort on Europe's finest stage, the European, UEFA and Cup Winners cup are included, with 170 (no kidding) top continental sides to battle against.
Europe's programmers opted for a system where the ball actually sticks to players' feet during dribbling, rather than being tapped along in front (like in Liverpool).
Manchester United Europe is a great improvement over its predecessor, but I can't help but think its match sequence could've been improved.
s64.emuunlim.com /reviews/manchesterunitedeurope2.htm   (843 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Opinion: Success of Airbus symbolizes a vibrant, united Europe
Airbus began as a government-financed effort to preserve Europe's airframe industry, with Britain, France and Germany cooperating in 1967 to form a counterweight to Boeing's domination of the field.
What has happened in Europe is that an entire continent has turned its back on war and given up some of the trappings of nationalism in order to keep the peace.
Europe has basically turned its back on the military-industrial complex, thanks in no small part to our willingness (eagerness, even) to engage in wars to liberate and democratize on our terms.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/opinion/2002167360_floyd02.html   (790 words)

  
 The United Europe Foundation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
United Europe Foundation apologise that this web site do not allow certain uses and links to function.We are completely redesigning the web site and hope shortly to re-launch with Web 2.0 development.
The United States has waded into the debate on the fate of Turkey's EU accession talks, questioning an EU deadline for Ankara to lift a blockade on Cypriot trade while proposing to continue the talks in any case.
Europe appears to be crossing an invisible line regarding its Muslim minorities: more people in the political mainstream are arguing that Islam cannot be reconciled with European values.
www.unieurope.org   (2107 words)

  
 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The idea of united Europe is eternal
Itself a continental federation, the United States pushed for a similar structure in Europe, reasoning that a stronger united Europe would be better able to preserve peace, freedom, and democracy.
Eastern Europe was subordinated to Soviet Russia, while Western Europe was protected, but at the same time dominated by the United States.
The European Coal and Steel Community created in 1952 was to be the first unit in this sectoral integration, and the European Economic Community established in the 1956 Treaty of Rome was to be the entity that would eventually accomplish the task of full political unification of Western Europe.
www.maxwell.syr.edu /maxpages/faculty/gmbonham/2000-Fall-IR-Projects/Website-Group/Europe/Historical_Background.htm   (665 words)

  
 Europe Is United: No Bioengineered Food
The majority of corn and soy in the United States is now grown from genetically modified seeds, altered to increase their resistance to pests or reduce their need for water, for example.
But in Europe - where food is high culture, if not religion - farmers, consumers, chefs and environmental groups have joined voices loudly and stubbornly to oppose bioengineered foods, effectively blocking their arrival at the farms and on the tables of the Continent.
The United States, Canada and Argentina have filed a complaint that is pending before the World Trade Organization, contending that European laws and procedures that discriminate against genetically modified products are irrational and unscientific, and so constitute an unfair trade barrier.
www.rense.com /general58/bio.htm   (1358 words)

  
 Whither A United Europe? - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
But the two rejectionist votes are forcing Europe to confront the dilemma of what it wants to be: a tightly integrated super-state in waiting or a looser grouping of nation-states.
French and Dutch voters blew a raspberry at their own governments for reasons that had little to do with Europe and everything to do with their domestic economies: the sluggish growth in France and the inflation in the Netherlands, which is blamed on the introduction of the euro.
But the long-term challenge is how Europe's leaders are to respond to the rejectionist voters and to define a version of the European ideal that can be supported by Europeans as a whole.
www.forbes.com /home/economy/2005/06/01/cx_pm_0602europe.html   (1037 words)

  
 Europe: United in regulation | Perspectives | CNET News.com
The road to a blissful united Europe may be strewn with constitutional pitfalls, but the members of the European Commission are unwavering in their collective commitment to outregulating the United States and Asia.
If Europe's aggressive stance on the fine print of Microsoft's compliance seems a bit presumptuous for a political union that can't draft a successful constitution, think again.
Because Europe's low productivity, high taxes and abundant regulations continue to put it at a disadvantage internationally, it can only increase its power in the world by extorting money from elsewhere: from the U.S. government if possible, and from U.S. companies for certain.
news.com.com /Europe+United+in+regulation/2010-1071_3-5770050.html   (818 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The United States Of Europe: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy: Books: T.R. Reid   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
A chapter detailing what’s left of Europe’s welfare states is followed by a relatively bleak assessment of Europe’s armies, and the spin that the E.U. is betting on economic "soft power" for eventual global dominance.
Europe's agricultural subsidies to offset foreign competition continue to put even America to shame (nearly double the amount in the U.S.), while European protectionism is largely cited as the cause for collapse of the latest round (Doha) of World Trade Organization negotiations.
Europe may still prove to be the world's new superpower with soft political power, but its rise does not mean the ruin of America as Reid suggests until the last page of his book.
www.amazon.com /United-States-Europe-Superpower-Supremacy/dp/1594200335   (3436 words)

  
 CNN.com - Row over 'United States of Europe' - Oct. 29, 2002
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair welcomed the first draft of a constitution for Europe drawn up by the Convention, which included the controversial suggestion.
Europe United was another -- Europe United sounds like a football team to me.
"United States of Europe frankly is not on, we won't accept that.
edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/10/29/europe.name/index.html   (327 words)

  
 Churchill and the Unification of Europe - The Churchill Centre
Mauter, Wendell: "Churchill and the Unification of Europe"
Winston Churchill's call in 1945 for a "United States of Europe," a federation of European states to promote harmonious relations between nations, economic cooperation, and a sense of European identity, has caused him to be regarded as the father of European unity.
Only months after the war ended he advocated a "United States of Europe" to unify the continent "in a manner unknown since the fall of the Roman Empire." The federation would be one of several regional units in the new United Nations.
www.winstonchurchill.org /i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=61   (1481 words)

  
 Freshwater Glossary - UNEP/DEWA~Europe: Publication > Freshwater in Europe
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN/DESA) - UN Department aiming at promoting broad-based and sustainable development through a multidimensional and integrated approach to economic, social, environmental, population and gender related aspects of development.
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) - Regional commission of the United Nations.Its primary goal is to encourage greater economic cooperation among its member States.
United Nations University (UNU) - International community of scholars, contributing, through research and capacity building, to efforts to resolve the pressing global problems that are the concern of the United Nations, its Peoples and Member States.
www.grid.unep.ch /product/publication/freshwater_europe/glos.php   (1960 words)

  
 The President of Finland: United for Europe
Peace in Europe is by no means to be taken for granted; there are enough people still with us who learnt this from bitter experience.
Only together will European nations be able to hold their own in competition and successfully negotiate with countries like the USA, but also with China and India which have a demographic weight of 1.3 and 1.15 billion and growth rates of 9 and 8.5%.
We have to seize the opportunity for a common and united Europe, thus living up to our responsibility for coming generations.
www.presidentti.fi /netcomm/news/ShowArticle.asp?intNWSAID=38990&intSubArtID=16832&intIGID=9&LAN=FI&contlan=&Thread=38990,38861,38801,38683,&intThreadPosition=0&intShowBack=0&intOrgNews=0   (1343 words)

  
 Europe and United States want to display their understanding
Vienna: Three years after the start of the war in Iraq, which has sorely tested transatlantic relations, the United States and Europe are now keen to display their understanding.
"The United States has realized that it is not enough to organize free elections, but that it is also necessary to strengthen the institutions and to engage in dialogue with civil societies," one Eurocrat boasted.
In connection with the Palestinian conflict, however, Europe no longer presumes to act as a "counterweight" in the region, one diplomat explained.
www.lefigaro.fr /english/20060621.WWW000000404_europe_and_united_states_want_to_display_their_understanding.html   (1242 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Rebranding could create 'United Europe'
Valery Giscard d'Estaing, in an interview with the UK's Financial Times newspaper, hinted that his preferred new name for the EU would be United Europe.
"'United' is a strong word: it is a united continent, united in the constitutional sense," he said.
Links to more Europe stories are at the foot of the page.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/2307303.stm   (396 words)

  
 Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Center on the U.S. and Europe is dedicated to the study of Europe and U.S.-Europe relations.
But within that context judges in the United States and Europe have developed drastically different approaches to the roles of judges and constitutions in reconciling human rights with majority rule.
The integration of the Muslim population into Europe poses a variety of daunting challenges, particularly when viewed against the backdrop of rising Islamic fundamentalism and terrorist plots emanating from Europe.
www.brook.edu /fp/cuse/center_hp.htm   (692 words)

  
 Bank Deal Starts Debate on Polish Role in United Europe - New York Times
For those here who bristled at the Western European caricature of Polish workers as migrants who exploit a borderless Europe to snatch jobs from French and Dutch plumbers, Poland now has its own bogeyman: a giant Italian bank seeking to merge two of this country's major banks.
The Polish government, alarmed at the idea of foreigners owning what would be Poland's largest bank, has blocked the deal, precipitating a bitter clash with the European Union and stirring a broader debate about economic nationalism and Poland's place in a united Europe.
But the government is playing to suspicions about Europe that have long lurked in parts of Polish society, and amplifying them.
www.nytimes.com /2006/03/27/international/europe/27poland.html?ex=1301115600&en=46cb61dc1b11f200&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss   (983 words)

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