September 2005 Chris SNUGGS, ISUGA 1 The European Dream Freude, schöner Götterfunken Töchter aus...

September 2005Chris SNUGGS, ISUGA

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The European Dream

Freude, schöner Götterfunken

Töchter aus Elysium,

Wir betreten feuertrunken,

Himmlische, dein Heiligtum!

Deine Zauber binden wieder

Was die Mode streng geteilt;

Alle Menschen werden Brüder,

Wo dein sanfter Flügel weilt.

"Ode to Joy"

from Beethoven’s 9th Symphony

Ludwig van Beethoven

born Bonn, Germany: December 17, 1770 died Vienna, Austria: March 26, 1827


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"Ode to Joy" - from the Ninth Symphony composed in 1823 by Ludwig Van Beethoven

the anthem not only of the European Union but also of Europe in a wider sense -

Beethoven set to music the "Ode to Joy" written in 1785 by Friedrich von Schiller; this

poem expresses Schiller's idealistic vision of the human race becoming brothers - a

vision Beethoven shared

in 1972, the Council of Europe (the same body that designed the European flag)

adopted Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" theme as its own anthem - without words, in the

universal language of music, this anthem expresses the ideals of freedom, peace and

solidarity for which Europe stands

in 1985, it was adopted by EU heads of State and government as the official anthem of

the European Union; not intended to replace the national anthems of the Member States

but rather to celebrate the values they all share and their unity in diversity

The European Dream


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Schizophrenic Europe?

a disunited hotch-potch of selfish, squabbling and globally-impotent nation states?

a united continent of federated states able to stand up to the USA and other emerging power blocs?

an embryonic superstate one day to be ruled from Brussels and become one of the four major economic and military powers in the world?

What are we?

Where are we going?


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Europe from Space

But what exactly IS

Europe?


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Factfile EUROPE

The ContinentOf

Europe?


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The geologyOf Europe


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Our Climate


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Our Climate


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11

Mean Temperature

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Mean temperatur

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AnnualRainfall


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Snowfall

RETREATING GLACIERS?


15The Pasterze Glacier, in Austria


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Vegetation


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European Nation States

The IronCurtain


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Relative Areas & % of whole EU

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EU Factfile

For comparisonTAIWAN

total: 35,980 sq km land: 32,260 sq km water: 3,720 sq km


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The Disunited States of Europe?


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EU POPULATIONS

Slovakia 1%

Denmark 1%

Sweden 2%

Cyprus 0.18%

Luxembourg 0.11%

Estonia 0.31%

Malta 0.09%

Austria 2%

Hungary 2%

Portugal 2%

Czech Republic 2%

Belgium 2%

Greece 2%

Netherlands 4%

Poland8,5%

Other10,5%

Slovenia 0.42%

Latvia 0.511%

Lithuania 0.77

Republic of

Ireland 0.86%

Finland1,1%

Spain9%

Germany18,1%

France13%

United Kingdom

13%

Italy12,8%

EU Factfile


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PopulationDensity


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EU Population Density - people per km2

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Industrial

Centres


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EU Factfile - EU Trading Partners

% of Imports from other EU Countries (15) of Total Imports (2003)

76,7 75,571,6 69,1 67,2 66,8 66,2 66,1

62,5 61,456,9 55,0 54,4 53,0 52,3

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EU Factfile - EU Trading Partners

% of Exports to other EU Countries (15) of Total Exports (2003)

86,7

79,2 77,1 74,771,1

66,662,3 61,8 61,4

56,3 55,5 54,2 53,5 52,946,5

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GDP GROWTH SINCE 2002

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ITALY


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DOMESTIC DEMAND GROWTH SINCE 2002

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UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

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FRANCE

GERM

ANY

ITALY

USA

BRITAIN

JAPAN

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