Political Science 2231E Lecture 9: 2231 Mar 8
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The european union countries not in the eu, ie. norway, yugoslavia, switzerland. Continent that has affected the world the most: likely europe. 1/2 billion people, one 14th of the world lives in europe, not counting european. Eu economy largest in the world, gdp per capita lower than american. Can impose policies and rulings on national governments. Chain reaction - social scientists have no come to grips fully. Switzerland not a member of the eu, however still subject to freedom of. Goods travel freely, as if there are no national borders. An entire continent merged together, most use same currency. Languages spoken in the eu: 24 impossible to win through war, also hard to kick start economy unilaterally -- jean monnet and robert schuman. Cooperate for production of coal and steel. 4 other countries join a few years later. French and germans start cooperating in 1950, by 52, six countries comprise: france,