Since the accession of Spain and Portugal on 1 January 1986, the European Community has 12 Member States and 321 million citizens. The six founding countries - Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands - had already been joined by Denmark, Ireland an...
Transport provides about 6.5% of the gross national product of the European Community and employs more than six million people. Its vital contribution to the economy was underscored recently by the strike of lorry drivers, who were protesting against the amount of time and money wasted through d...
In all countries of the European Community there are disparities between the level of development and wealth of different regions. These disparities, caused by an unequal distribution of economic activity, are even more stark when the Community is taken as a whole. The gulf between the poorest a...