http://www.cafebabel.com/Les articles du magazine europeen, rubrique european economic communityen© cafebabel.comTue, 07 Feb 2012 11:52:54 -0000300http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/article/40201/maastricht-treaty-20-years-birthday-message-europe.html<p>The Maastricht treaty, signed on 7 February 1992, came into force in November 1993, when most of cafebabel.com's editorial team were children. The treaty heralded both the creation of the European union, formerly the 'European economic community', and the euro as a single currency. Two decades on, it’s attracting the wrath of crisis-struck Europeans</p> ('Annie Rutherford',)Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:52:54 -00002724063http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/article/31143/europe-five-million-unemployed-youth-crisis.html<p>The impact of the world economic crisis is being felt on the European workforce. Since the start of 2009, 18.3% of people under 25 have been out of work. It's a figure that's been on the rise since 2008</p> ('Sarah Truesdale',)Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:00:00 -0000347625http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/article/14138/great-britain-do-you-want-us.html<p>Great Britain is currently playing it safe, saying neither yes, nor no to Europe. But this is nothing new. Indeed it has been doing so since Churchill’s speech at Zurich in 1946</p> Mon, 27 Jun 2005 16:00:00 -0000137990