The article expresses the Norway Foreign Minister, Borge Brende's opinion regarding the UK being in the European Union. He feels that they have more influence in the EU than outside of it. These opinions are expressed due to the fact that the UK plans on holding a vote on EU membership by the end of 2017. Prime Minister David Cameron of the UK already launched a diplomatic campaign in order to gain support from other EU leaders for his EU reform plans.
This article is a good example of the issues that are coming about from the unification of Europe in the market. The UK has already seeing a recovery on its economy. The trade of goods more freely among the European countries has a positive impact. Mr. Brende also points out that a free trade deal between the US and EU could pose some difficulties for countries such as Norway that are not a part of the EU. This article has pointed out that countries that are in the EU do have the ability to get out if they wish (UK will vote on this in 2017). It also points out that there is a strong point to the trade market with being a part of the EU and for countries that are not part of it it is more difficult. They even implement EU directives in order to trade in the single market.
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EU is one of the biggest donors of development aid in the world. They seek to alleviate poverty by providing
funding for inexperienced enterprises in the developing world. They also provide humanitarian aid via certain
non-governmental organizations that include those with a Christian affiliation.
The EU has been active over the years in
securing the partial fulfillment of the Millennium Development Goals. They focus on the environment and sustainable
development as well as include a continued focus on poverty reduction. These are all good characteristics and goals
of the Christian society’s values.
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