Word: union
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...also refined its giant single market, created a new world currency, and introduced elements of a common foreign policy under the leadership of Javier Solana. We are not only the strongest economic union in the world but also the main source of aid for developing countries. Thus, the criticism that Europe is too preoccupied with itself is both shallow and unfair. On the contrary, Europeans are busy creating a model that is internationally relevant, especially for Asian countries and groupings. Some, such as ASEAN, are watching the European experiment very closely. (Read: "Europe's Errors" by Kishore Mahbubani...
Stefan Thiesen, Selm, Germany Need I explain to a professor from the tiny, autocratic state of Singapore, which was founded by a former European power, that yes, indeed, in the European Union we are free to demonstrate if we deem it right? We are actually free to express our opinion publicly - and noisily...
...quote a senior Asian official in your article: "they talk to each other endlessly," and, "they are very clubby." To be honest, worse things can be said about a union between nations that had been at war with each other for the better part of two millennia. All in all, I am happy that the E.U. is beautifully diverse and relatively humble. (Read: "The Incredible Shrinking Europe...
...could redo it all, we would try to negotiate and structure the guarantee differently. "There are other bargaining chips in lieu of or to reduce the personal guarantee that banks may not go out of their way to reveal," says Michele Dean, senior vice president at Bethpage Federal Credit Union in Bethpage, N.Y. These chips include pledging accounts receivable and asking for a guarantee that gets smaller each year as you build a credit history...
President Nicolas Sarkozy's future became a bit less sure following the first round of voting in France's regional elections. Sarkozy's Union for a Popular Movement party, which snagged a surprisingly low 26%, lost by a wide margin to parties on the left; a coalition composed of the Socialist, Europe Ecology and Leftist Front parties took a combined 47%. Pollsters expect a similar result in the second round of voting, which is scheduled for March 21. The elections, held in each of France's 22 regions, are the last contest before Sarkozy's expected 2012 re-election...