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What is the answer of Coal and Steel / EU based security framework regarding Russia
tl;dr EU made some effort to integrate with Russia but in its current state it's unable to handle Russian membership. Russia does not want to join EU anyway.
EU efforts to integrate with Russia
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What is the answer of Coal and Steel / EU based security framework regarding Russia
The EU was formed on the premise of avoiding yet another war among western european nations. It has worked. It never tried to be a global police, or prevent all wars in the world.
The EU is the ...
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What is the answer of Coal and Steel / EU based security framework regarding Russia
No offense, but first things first, it would help if you got your history right.
The EU's predecessor, ECSC, was created in 1951. The EU proper cames some time after that. Not in 1992. The Treaty ...
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What is the answer of Coal and Steel / EU based security framework regarding Russia
Let's just say that hindsight is 20/20. The EU got the prize in 2012, before Russia annexed Crimea.
Preventing wars through commerce and economic relations more generally isn't a 100% guarantee, just ...
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What is the answer of Coal and Steel / EU based security framework regarding Russia
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What is the answer of Coal and Steel / EU based security framework regarding Russia
1973 - First enlargement. In 1973, Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom become members of the EEC.
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Why does the ECB hold a large foreign currency reserve?
I am wondering why the ECB needs to hold as much when other European countries hold a lot of reserve
The 2nd part of your statement is true, but the first part is somewhat nonsensical in consequence.
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Why does the ECB hold a large foreign currency reserve?
The primary purpose of the ECB is to maintain monetary stability. One tool it can use is purchasing financial assets to maintain their price. If it decides to purchase euros, to preserve the value of ...
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