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The speed of the collapse of Communism and the Soviet block meant that the European Community now had to address urgently a number of issues. Within the Community there were two problems.
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Japan 3.2 per cent GDP; USA 2.8 per cent; EU average 1.8-2.0 per cent. European Commission, Reviewing and Building on the Declaration of 9 May 1950 (Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2001), p. 119.
Text of the Maastricht Treaty on European Union in Official Journal of the European Communities, no. C224 of 31 August 1992, (Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities).
Glenny, M., The Balkans, 1804–1999 (London, Granta Publications, 2000), pp. 641–2.
An excellent overview of NATO activities and relationships is The Role of NATO and its Partner Countries (Brussels: NATO Office of Information and Press, 1999).
See, for example, Van Buitenen, P., Blowing the Whistle, (London, Politico, 2000).
Connolly, B., The Rotten Heart of Europe (London: Faber and Faber, 1995).
See, for example, Siedentop, L., Democracy in Europe (London: Allen Lane Press, 2000).
European Commission, The European Union and the World, (Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2000), p. 28
See, for example, Spence, J. E., A New World Order? The Implications of 11 September 2001 (South African Institute of International Affairs, Johannesburg, 2002) pp. 108–9.
Text of the Cotonou Convention of 23 June 2000 in Official Journal of the European Communities, no. L317, 15 December 2000 (Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities).
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Alcock, A. (2002). Ever Closer Union. In: A Short History of Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230597426_15
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