InfoTrac Activities The EU and Economic Integration The degree of economic cooperation among the countries of the EU is unprecedented in human history. However, it is difficult to coordinate economic policies among so many member countries. What has economic cooperation accomplished so far? What are the positive and negative aspects of economic cooperation? What is the plan for further integration? Is economic integration overcoming traditional feelings of nationalism to create strong support for a united Europe? Here are some articles to get you started. Find them through Keyword searches. Consider search terms such as "European Union," "EU," and "euro." For more articles on this subject, enter: "European Union" in the Subject Guide. "European Monetary Union" in the Subject Guide. "Europe" in the Subject Guide, and then go to subdivision "economic aspects." "euro" in the Subject Guide. Betting on the EU; The Buzz: Despite the problems ahead, at least one influential group seems to have faith in Europe: U.S. companies. (Cover Story) William Drozdiak. Newsweek International May 10, 2004 p22 (819 words) The joys of enlargement; EU expansion. (Business in a bigger Europe) The Economist (US) April 10, 2004 v371 i8370 p52US (977 words) Business: The Price is Wrong; No matter what officials say, consumers are convinced that the euro is jacking up prices, and phantom inflation is eating away at the new Europe. Karen Lowry Miller, Cristiana Fabiani, Eric Pape, Andrew Ehrenkranz, Stefan Theil. Newsweek International April 5, 2004 p36 (1453 words) A Franco-German beauty contest - A Franco-German beauty contest; European economic reforms. (The struggle to reform Europe's sclerotic economies) The Economist (US) Oct 18, 2003 v369 i8346 p12US (1027 words) The Stockholm syndrome; Charlemagne. (How the Swedish no affects the euro elsewhere) The Economist (US) Sept 20, 2003 v368 i8342 p52US (962 words) Europe's speed restrictions; Europe and America. (America and the euro economies) The Economist (US) August 16, 2003 v368 i8337 p67US (1216 words) Will Europe Become A Backwater? Its failure to pull together could relegate the EU to minor-power status. Business Week Dec 29, 2003 i3864 p56 (1048 words) Too much of a good thing. central European countries to join the European Union The Economist (US) Nov 22, 2003 v369 i8351 p12US (1236 words) THE EURO: HOW DAMAGING A HIT? Sweden's "no'' vote may alter the path of EU integration. Stanley Reed. Business Week Sept 29, 2003 i3851 p63 (765 words) HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR EURO; Monetary union has been a boon for Europe Inc. and the Continent's economy. But not everyone is a winner. David Fairlamb. Business Week Dec 8, 2003 i3861 p38 (1246 words) The death of the stability pact; Europe and the euro. The end of the stability pact may be good in the short term, but bad in the long run The Economist (US) Nov 29, 2003 v369 i8352 p45US (1061 words) What's that in euros? If the euro replaces the dollar as the world's reserve currency--and reports from Russia last week suggest it might--there is likely to be a high price to pay. Simon Nixon. Spectator Oct 18, 2003 v293 i9141 p18(2) (1885 words) What New Europe? (economics defines the European Union after new membership) Rana Foroohar, Katka Krosnar. Newsweek International June 23, 2003 p36 (1448 words) Patience, patience; Central Europe and the euro. (Don't rush for the euro) The Economist (US) July 26, 2003 v368 i8334 p69US (529 words) Cheap dollar diplomacy: worries over U.S. - European estrangement miss the real threat; the falling U.S. dollar. (Missing Links). Moises Naim. Foreign Policy July-August 2003 p120(2) (891 words) NO GO ON THE EURO? Economics and the Iraq war are turning Britain Inc. against joining. Stanley Reed. Business Week June 16, 2003 i3837 p46 (1179 words) Is The Euro A No-Go Zone... (TIME Finance/The U.K.'S Euro Debate) Jennie James. Time International May 26, 2003 v161 i21 p46+ ...Or The New Coin Of The Realm? (TIME Finance/The U.K.'s Euro Debate) Peter Gumbel. Time International May 26, 2003 v161 i21 p48+ Adoption panel: when should the UK join the single currency? Or should it join at all? Cathy Hayward puts the debate in political context and, on the following pages, Margaret and Ross Maynard assess the problems and benefits experienced by the euro's early adopters, the eurozone as a competitor to the US--and the likely effects of Britain's failure to join the party. (Cover feature: the euro debate). (Cover Story) Cathy Hayward, Margaret Maynard, Ross Maynard. Financial Management (UK) April 2003 p19(7) The euro and its consequences: what makes a currency strong. Helmut Frisch. Atlantic Economic Journal March 2003 v31 i1 p15(17) Bus.Coll.: 144P1927. For more articles on the European Union, enter: "European Union" in the Subject Guide. "Europe" in the Subject Guide, and then go to subdivision "economic aspects." "Europe" in the Subject Guide, and then go to subdivision "politics and government." Fanfare for a larger Europe - Something to celebrate; EU enlargement. (Celebrating the enlargement of the European Union) The Economist (US) May 1, 2004 v371 i8373 p12US (1016 words) Poland And The EU; Will the dynamic Poles energize Europe or sink into a bureaucratic, slow-growth trap? Business Week May 10, 2004 i3882 p24 (3036 words) At Last, Enlargement Day Has Come. Will it Bring Prosperity Or Troubles--or both? (European Union)(Cover Story) Newsweek International May 10, 2004 p18 (914 words) A Bridge to Nowhere; EU membership (and subsidies) were meant to link Greece to modernity. It hasn't worked out that way. (Cover Story) Newsweek International May 10, 2004 p20 (1755 words) The End Of Europe; Every beginning is the end of something else. The new era of European enlargement will be no exception. (Cover Story) Newsweek International May 3, 2004 p26 (1137 words) Ready for Europe, or No? Turkish membership would change the EU 'Christian club' forever. The dirty secret: that's why it may well not happen. (Cover Story) Newsweek International May 3, 2004 p31 (513 words) Fear of Foreigners; Westerners worry about an invasion of migrants, come May 1. But so do many of those in the East. Ginanne Brownell, Stryker McGuire, Friso Endt, Katka Krosnar, Charlotta Larsson. Newsweek International March 1, 2004 p26 (1137 words) Three's a crowd; Charlemagne. (The Franco-German-British relationship) The Economist (US) Jan 31, 2004 v370 i8360 p53US (1012 words) Europe's floundering fathers. (European Union proposed constitution) Jack Rakove. Foreign Policy Sept-Oct 2003 i138 p28(11) (5733 words) The Two Europes: How Jacques Chirac got that way -- and why others (blessedly) are different. Michael Knox Beran. National Review July 28, 2003 v55 i14 pNA (2967 words) Tidying up or tyranny? The European Union's constitution. (The European Union's controversial constitution) The Economist (US) May 31, 2003 v367 i8326 p52US When Worlds Collide. (New Europe) Stryker Mcguire, Ginanne Brownell, Katka Krosnar, Eve Conant. Newsweek International May 5, 2003 p34 The Europeanization of national government and policy: A departmental perspective. Andrew Jordan. British Journal of Political Science April 2003 v33 i2 p261(22) The end of the West: the next clash of civilizations will be not between the West and the rest but between the United States and Europe--and Americans remain largely oblivious. (Europe). Charles A. Kupchan. The Atlantic Monthly Nov 2002 v290 i4 p42(3) The EU, NATO, and the Extension of Institutional Order in Europe. MARTIN A. SMITH, GRAHAM TIMMINS. World Affairs Fall 2000 v163 i2 p80 Two centuries of European integration. Sean McGlynn. History Review Dec 1999 p31 EU Foreign policy coming of age. (Foreign Affairs). Martin Walker. Europe Sept 2002 p20(3) Can the EU Hack the Balkans? Morton I. Abramowitz, Heather Hurlburt. Foreign Affairs Sept-Oct 2002 v81 i5 p2 Do you want us or do you not? Turkey and the EU. (Brief Article) The Economist (US) Oct 19, 2002 v365 i8295 pNA Europe's national currencies: Jonathan Williams and Andrew Meadows review the history of the various currencies being replaced by the Euro. Jonathan Williams, Andrew Meadows. History Today Jan 2002 v52 i1 p19(1) Europe's "Social Market". CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL. Policy Review Oct-Nov 2001 p29 Europe in the Balance. LEE A. CASEY, DAVID B. RIVKIN JR.. Policy Review June 2001 p41 THE EUROPEAN UNION AND NATIONAL IDENTITY. World and I April 2001 v16 i4 p12 A Choice of Europes. David Calleo. The National Interest Spring 2001 p5 The EU's Growing Pains. Ian Black. Foreign Policy March 2001 p76 European Integration and the Maintenance of Regional Cultural Diversity: Symbiosis or Symbolism? ADAM BISCOE. Regional Studies Feb 2001 v35 i1 p57 ENLARGEMENT: THE 'TARGET DATE' DEBATE. (European Union and membership negotiations)(Brief Article) Dick Leonard. Europe Sept 2000 p4 From Incomplete Modernity to World Modernity. Renato Ortiz. Daedalus, Winter 2000 v129 i1 p249 What do we mean by Europe? (Europa: The Past and Future of an Idea) J.G.A. Pocock. The Wilson Quarterly Wntr 1997 v21 n1 p12(18) Reporter's notebook: Brussels scribe views EU future. (Europe Update). (Dick Leonard, Europe)(Interview) Europe July-August 2002 pS1(2) EMU: IMPROVING CO-ORDINATION THREE YEARS AFTER THE BIRTH OF THE EURO. (Brief Article) European Report June 19, 2002 p226 Europe's eastern enlargement: who benefits? John Hall, Wolfgang Quaisser. Current History Nov 2001 v100 i649 p389(5) The politics of opposition and European integration in Scandinavia: Is euro-scepticism a government--opposition dynamic? Nick Sitter. West European Politics Oct 2001 v24 i4 p22(19) Competitor, Ally, or ... ? It's time to ask hard questions about the EU's intentions and capabilities. (European Union)(Column) GARY L. GEIPEL. World and I April 2001 v16 i4 p32