1. In Greece the banks didn’t sink the country. The country sank the banks. Discuss this view. Which are the main differences between the Greek crisis and the crisis of Ireland and Portugal? The main cause of the Greek crisis is the ongoing disclosure of statistics that were well hidden from the eyes of the public, leaving people in ignorance about their own country and the future. When the figures started to become revealed, breaking up the shocking news about the forgery that lasted for over 30
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decades leading up to the war. Moreover, Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism played major roles in the conflict. All of these factors where established in many of Europe's 'Great Powers' which consisted of; Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia. Many of the reasons as to why war broke out were built up over years and even decades thus, were long term causes. However, a handful of events occurred over a few months and years prior to the event, consequently were
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a result of this people began going out and expanding even more into places they hadn’t even thought to before. Because Nationalists wanted their country to be in the highest position possible, they distinctly supported expansion. The unification of Italy and Germany made the international relations even more competitive than before, making nationalists want to expand even more. Which then spilled over into the struggle for colonies and economic concessions in Asia and Africa, which was really bad
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restrictions to trade and the free flow of capital and labor among themselves, they participate in what is called a common or single market. European economic integration begun in 1951 when trade restrictions on coal and steel were dropped between Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. The advantages of becoming a member of a single market are: greater specializations and more efficient use of economic resources, cheaper products (through imports and increased competition) and easier
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entered several territories of the former Russian Empire and helped local Communists take power through soviets, which nominally acted on behalf of workers and peasants. In 1922, the Communists were victorious, forming the Soviet Union with the unification of the Russian, Transcaucasian, Ukrainian, and Byelorussian republics. Following Lenin's death in 1924, a troika and a brief power struggle, Joseph Stalin came to power in the mid-1920s. Stalin suppressed all political opposition to his rule, committed
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procession, way past the statue of Liberty, are the United States and Switzerland, which by this time were already nation-states. France, identifiable by the revolutionary tricolour, has just reached the statue. She is followed by the peoples of Germany. Following the German peoples are the peoples of Austria, the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Lombardy, Poland, England, Ireland, Hungary and Russia. 3. What are absolutist’s regimes? Ans. Literally, a government or system of rule that has no restraints
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to form an EU company law Directives related to certain areas of company law (Rome Treaty art. 50.) To ensure smooth business in the common market Unfortuntaly very ineffective Almost always basic principles of company law Not real unification of company law Regulations to form EU supranational companies Implied powers rule in Rome Treaty (art. 352) 3 EU companies governed exclusively by EU law not the laws of the Member States with at least two partners from different member
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The film, “The Lives of Others” is beloved by many German individuals due to its historical accuracy in portraying Germany’s secret police and the German Democratic Republic before the unification of Germany. Furthermore, as stated by Stein, “Von Donnersmarck's film deserves praise for effectively recreating the look and atmosphere of East Berlin in the mid-1980s. The cheerless streets and dark interiors of official buildings capture East German socialism in its late decay” (Stein, Stasi With a Human
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Patriotic War have on Russia in the period of 1941-1945? On June 22 1941, Germany launched Operation Barbarossa; an full scale military invasion against Russia; forcing her entry into The World War causing devastating consequences in all of Russian society, as well as her domestic economic and political affairs throughout 1941-1945. The war featured social effects; the ‘war of annihilation’ of the Russian citizens by Germany in pursuit of Moscow and the increased need of unity and patriotism domestically
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"ill-health"? Does a "collective memory" embody collective guilt or collective innocence or collective amnesia? Funder's “Stasiland” provides a relatively balanced but personalised analysis of the rise and then demise of East Germany after 1945 and from Communist occupation to re-unification and democracy. Most potently, Funder "records" the personal testimonies (memories) of how both the victims and perpetrators she interviews were affected by such sweeping changes. As a journalist, while she may bias our
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