The Catalan question: Europe and the right to choose
The European Union #39;s failure to consider the smooth integration of breakaway regions is tarnishing its democratic credentials. The EU seems to prefer the inclusion of new, poorly prepared...
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NATO Secretary General at the European Union Foreign Affairs Council, 18 NOV 2014
Doorstep statement by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg upon arrival at European Union Foreign Affairs Council, 18 November 2014. http://goo.gl/7CuqcJ.
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Georgian PM Confirms NATO Bid: Georgian PM reiterates EU and NATO membership ambitions
Georgia #39;s prime minister has told the European Union and NATO that his country remained firmly committed to integration with both organisations after his dismissal of a pro-Western minister...
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Energy resources[edit]
The European Union has limited coal, oil, and natural gas reserves. There are six oil producers in the European Union, primarily in North Sea oilfields. The United Kingdom by far is the largest producer, however Denmark, Germany, Italy, Romania and the Netherlands all produce oil. If it is treated as a single unit, which is not conventional in the oil markets, the European Union is the 19th largest producer of oil in the world, producing 1,241,370 (2013) barrels a day.
It is the world's second largest consumer of oil, consuming much more than it can produce, at 12,790,000 (2013) barrels a day. Much of the difference comes from Russia and the Caspian Sea basin. All countries in the EU have committed to the Kyoto Protocol, and the European Union is one of its biggest proponents. The European Commission published proposals for the first comprehensive EU energy policy on 10 January 2007.
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Top 10 trading partners (2010)
Top 1120 trading partners (2010)
The European Union is the largest exporter in the world[17] and as of 2008 the largest importer of goods and services.[18] Internal trade between the member states is aided by the removal of barriers to trade such as tariffs and border controls. In the eurozone, trade is helped by not having any currency differences to deal with amongst most members.[19]
The European Union Association Agreement does something similar for a much larger range of countries, partly as a so-called soft approach ('a carrot instead of a stick') to influence the politics in those countries. The European Union represents all its members at the World Trade Organization (WTO), and acts on behalf of member states in any disputes. When the EU negotiates trade related agreement outside the WTO framework, the subsequent agreement must be approved by each individual EU member.[19]
The euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 12.1% in November 2013, stable since April. The EU unemployment rate was 10.9%, stable since May. In both zones, the rates increased compared with November 2012, when they were 11.8% and 10.8% respectively. Among the Member States, the lowest unemployment rates were recorded in Austria (4.8%), Germany (5.2%) and Luxembourg (6.1%), and the highest in Greece (27.4% in September 2013) and Spain (26.7%).[22]
The following tables show the history of the unemployment rate for all European Union member states and comparisons to the United States and Japan:
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UK employers want to build their brands in the European market, according to the REC(Reuters)
Political pressure for the UK to leave the European Union (EU) has not scuppered some businesses' aspirations to expand into the economic and political union, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC).
The HR body, which surveyed 600 companies, said that one in six UK employers (16%) plan to expand their operations into Europe in the next two years.
The organisation's latest JobsOutlooksurvey also found that almost a third (31%) of respondents could be working internationally by this time in 2016.
"UK employers have been growing and expanding their workforces throughout 2014," said Kevin Green, the chief executive of the REC.
"Business confidence has returned to such an extent that many are now looking beyond the UK for opportunities overseas.
"We're looking ahead to a potential doubling of the number of UK companies doing business beyond our shores in the next two years.
"It's interesting that the bulk of those employers want to build their brands in the European market, re-iterating how important the EU is as our key trading partner.
"It also highlights the ambition and growing confidence of UK businesses as our economy and labour markets both continue to perform well at home."
The research also revealed that the vast majority of UK employers (87%) plan to create more permanent jobs in the next three months.
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UK Employers Plan to Expand into European Union Despite Calls for Brexit