England

England

Who? Where? When? What? Why?

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To introduce England, talk about it in a few minutes.

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Introduction: location and numbers Politics Economy Science and technology Religion Geography Education

Sports……and so an

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Location

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Politics

In general

• • Governed by Parliament of the United Kingdom House of Commons=lower house of the British Parliament o Palace of Westminister o 650532 members for England 2010. General Election: Conservative Party, headed by David Cameron

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Joined the European Community (EU) in 1973 55 representatives in the European Parliament

Latest news

EU Summit in Brussels goal: to rescue the single currency and prevent possible crisis o tighten the supervision of the budget o more effective penalties for overspend Cameron didn’t agree, reason: London didn’t become an exception from measures

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Economy I.

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Leader in: • chemical sector • pharmaceutical sector • key technical industries: aerospace, army, manufacturing side of software London Stock Exchange : UK’s main stock exchange – the largest in Europe! London: England’s finance centre: 100 of Europe’s 500 largest corporations based here

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Economy II.

Industries/Sectors Characteristics Intensive, highly mechanised: producing 60% of the food needs with 2% of the labour force Heavily subsidised by the EU’s CAP Crops: wheat, barley, oats, potatoes Leading fishing nation In descent since 1970 But still 26% of UK’s GDP 80% of the working population Largest proportion of the GDP Banking, insurance, business services London Stock Exchange Became significant 9% of the GDP in 2009 Over 2 million employees (4% of the working population)

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Agriculture

Traditional heavy and manufacturing

Services (particularly finance)

Tourism...