GEO 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Expansion Of Russia 1500–1800, Baltic States, Norther
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Wanted to reach a goal of capitalism and free trade. Arose out of a combination of multiple european agreements/groups which worked internationally across the continent. European commission: six original members: belgium, france, west germany, italy, Expansion in 1973: denmark, ireland, and the uk 9 states. 1989: berlin wall opening the east for capitalism and the unification of germany. 1992: treaty of maastricht- the formation of the european union. 1999: euro was launched on money markets for trading, but not for consumer use through tangible notes. 2002: euro is available as legal tender in the form of notes and coin. The baltic states which are members of the ue (estonia, lithuania, malta) are lately needing protection from russia, who wishes to regain its soviet era power. Worker migration is a source of tension because incoming workers are stealing jobs from the locals. Areas like latvia and ukraine, there is roughly a 50/50 split between ethnic russians and.