Timeline of European History 1643–1715 Reign of Louis XIV (the Sun King) in France 1688 Glorious Revolution in England replaces absolute monarchy with constitutional monarchy 1690 – John Locke’s Second Treatise of Civil...
Read MoreRelaunch of European integration The early 1980s witnessed a new attitude of Member States towards the Community. The unexpected emergence of enthusiasm, optimism and commitment to European integration, and a political will...
Read More(1) Introduction Labour Markets Unemployment rates in 2004 vary between 4.5 percent in countries like Ireland and Austria and close to 10 percent in Germany, France and Spain. In some of the Eastern European countries, the...
Read MoreClientelism A major contributory factor to the problems in Argentina and Greece is the phenomenon of ‘clientelism’ – essentially, interest groups within society requesting favours from politicians as clients,...
Read More1973-1984 European Council holds its first ever meeting in Dublin (March 1975). Major decisions are taken enabling the UK Government to recommend continued membership of the Community. NOTE From here to end 1984 the Council...
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