Example sentences of "european economic [noun] " in BNC.

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1 One way of summarizing the results of European economic progress before 1914 is to group nations roughly according to their increase in wealth .
2 His principal area of responsibility is European economic developments and policy , with particular reference to monetary union .
3 The impact of European economic expansion in Asia and Africa tended to produce , not thriving bourgeois communities , but anarchy and chaos .
4 The first meeting of the interparliamentary Baltic Assembly [ see p. 38587 ] , held in Riga , the Latvian capital , on Jan. 25-26 , recommended discussion between the parliaments of the three Baltic states ( Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania ) on a draft treaty aimed at developing a Baltic market , with " provisions for eventual integration into European economic structures " .
5 Last autumn , the Group held a congress of European economic liberals in Vienna , a few weeks before the EC 's Intergovernmental Conference in Rome .
6 The Commission 's thinking about a wider European organisation was set out yesterday by its vice-president , Mr Frans Andriessen , in a report about the proposed European economic space with Efta in which capital , people , trade , and services would move freely .
7 Yesterday the EC Commissioner for External Affairs , Mr Frans Andriessen , unveiled plans for an 18-nation body comprising the community and the European Free Trade Association to run the new ‘ European economic space ’ , which East European countries could join as they reformed .
8 The 12 members of the European Community and the six members of the European Free Trade Association , plus Lichtenstein , aim to create a 19-nation European Economic Space by the end of next year in which virtually all barriers to the free movement of goods , services , capital , and people will be removed .
9 Central was the requirement that internal tariff ( customs duty ) , quota and non-tariff barriers to trade in goods should be abolished so as to create an enlarged European economic space .
10 At the same time the Ministerial Council of Foreign Ministers met on June 13-14 to discuss the proposed establishment by the end of 1992 of a European economic space ( EES ) embracing the countries of EFTA and the European Communities ( EC ) [ see p. 37134 ] .
11 The member countries of the European Free Trade Association ( EFTA ) were seeking establishment of a wider European economic space ( EEC ) in which they would have a " close and structured partnership " with the EC [ see p. 37535 ] , although it remained possible that other EFTA member countries besides Austria would opt to seek full EC membership .
12 An EC-EFTA meeting on Dec. 19 made progress in discussions on the European Economic Area or EEA ( the term now adopted in preference to " European Economic Space " or EES — see pp. 37134 ; 37535 ) , and it was anticipated that these EC-EFTA talks would now reach a conclusion by mid-1992 such that an EEA agreement could go through the various ratification processes and take effect on Jan. 1 , 1993 .
13 Not much has been made of this migration , some ethnic tension apart , and even less of the fact that in the years since the second world war it has been essential for western European economic life .
14 This did not mean that unity was ruled out however , for the Americans , far from opposing European economic unity , began to see this as the only way to create a firm barrier to communist expansion .
15 The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance , comprising the USSR , Poland , the GDR , Hungary , Czechoslovakia , Romania and Bulgaria , was founded in 1949 as a diplomatic counterweight to the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation ( OEEC ) and as a multilateral forum for containing the effects of Titoism .
16 However , subsequent political changes , combined with the now central importance of international financial negotiations through the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation ( the agency for Marshall Aid ) , enormously advanced the cause of the Treasury .
17 It can just as easily be seen as Britain accepting subservience under the US in preference to engaging in fuller European economic cooperation .
18 In 1949 , the Soviet Union organized the Council for Mutual Economic Aid ( Comecon ) , paralleling the Organization for European Economic Cooperation , which had been formed in 1948 as a framework within which the United States could distribute aid to rebuild the warshattered West European economies .
19 Since most of the states were members of its western alliance and important for its own economy , this rift was a matter of grave concern to the United States , which saw the abrupt ending of the Maudling negotiations as effectively signifying the ending of the OEEC 's role as the leading West European economic organisation .
20 A survey of online educational and training programmes , organized by database producers , systems operators and academic institutions , has been carried out by Keenan in 1976 and 1977 , for the Commission of the European Economic Communities .
21 Most shares were hit by the Cabinet split over whether Britain should opt in or out of European economic union .
22 It remains true , however , that because of the absolute size of the German economy ( now almost the equivalent of that of France and the United Kingdom combined ) it is inevitable that she should dominate any European Economic Union , particularly one based upon a Single Currency .
23 Coalition partners had agreed on a minimum programme with familiar priorities : the fight against organized crime ; reduction of the public deficit ; preparation for European economic union ; and the reform of public services .
24 Delegates from Belgium , West Germany , France , the Netherlands , Luxemburg and Italy , met at Messina , in 1955 , and that meeting produced the basis for forming the European Economic Council .
25 Ever since the end of the second world war , France had endeavoured to absorb the Saar area into their country , but in 1957 , it was returned to the Federal Republic of West Germany , and following the signing of the Treaty of Rome by the original six countries , in March 1957 , the European Economic Council was created and the Federal Republic was allowed to join the E.E.C .
26 According to a Review of Member States Energy Policies prepared for the European Economic Council of Ministers , the UK , Ireland and Greece were the three least energy efficient nations in Europe , the two best energy savers being France and Denmark .
27 Poland , Silesia , Brandenburg and Prussia were all slowly drawn into the West European economic orbit .
28 While accelerating moves towards faster internal integration , the Strasbourg summit also set an equally tight timetable for setting up a common ‘ European economic area ’ by the end of next year with the six countries of the European Free Trade Association .
29 Now EFTA has joined the EC to form the European Economic Area , Switzerland is a member of the EC Framework programme , and will be responsible for funding 4 per cent ( about SFr100m pa ) of the four-year Third Framework plan .
30 THE Swiss vote against joining the European Economic Area will cheer and encourage millions of people here .
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