Title: The trouble with Europe
Description: After the carnage of two world wars, and the polarization of the globe between the emergent superpowers, Europe's leaders had a noble dream of founding a new union that would contain its members destructive tendencies, but also act as a beacon of free trade, human rights and cooperation. As this organization attracted new countries, including Britain in the 1970s, the European Economic Community eventually became the European Union, and a seemingly inevitable march toward a federal super-state began, culminating in the creation of the totemic, but economically suspect single currency: the euro.
Subjects: Politics and government, European Union, Economic conditions, UE/CE Union européenne, Histoire économique, UE/CE Euro, Economic history, European union countries, economic conditions, European union countries, politics and government
Places: European Union countries