Is Europe likely to catch up with the US? The European Union has gone through a number of different stages of economic integration since the late 1950s. Having started as a Free Trade Area the process of globalisation increased the need of further integration and led to a rapid development in the...

Economic Reform in Poland and the Czech Republic After the fall of communism, several different countries decided that it was time to reform both current economic and political policies. Two countries that have had major economic reforms are Poland and the Czech Republic. However, the process of t...

The argument for and against Britain and the Euro There are twelve countries in Europe that currently have the Euro as their currency. Britain has, so far, refused to change its currency, the pound sterling, to the Euro. There would be many advantages of having the Euro and many advantages of not...