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germanys role within the EU

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  Introduction
  Germany's central position at the heart of the European continent allows investors to reach the entire market of the European Union and the markets of central and eastern Europe
  A highly developed infrastructure for the future
  
  Germany in history
  
  The Federal Republic of Germany is located in the heart of Europe, linking the west with the east, the north with the south. As Europe's largest economy and most populous nation, Germany remains a key member of the continent's economic, political, and defence organizations.
  European power struggles immersed the country in two devastating World Wars in the first half of the 20th century and left the country occupied by the victorious, allied powers of the US, UK, France, and the Soviet Union in 1945. With the advent of the Cold War, two German states were formed in 1949: the western Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the eastern German Democratic Republic (GDR). The democratic FRG embedded itself in key Western economic and security organizations, the EC, which became the EU, and NATO, while the Communist GDR was on the front line of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact. The decline of the USSR and the end of the Cold War allowed for German unification in 1990. Since then, Germany has expended considerable funds to bring eastern productivity and wages up to western standards. In January 2002, Germany and 11 other EU countries introduced a common European currency, the euro.
  
  
  Germany PEST Analysis
  Politics
  Germany is a federal democracy. The 16 states have an important role in the legislative process at federal level, and independent responsibilities, particularly in the fields of education and policing...