With President Obama, we went through the interactions that exist in Europe between the efforts by any particular member state and the overall governance of the European Union.

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Poland rode the first wave of the global economic crisis that began in 2008, and the following year it was the only European Union member state to steer clear of recession.

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Switzerland is not a member of the European Union, where regulators are trying to limit state aid to carriers.

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Mr Lajcak, whose country has just marked 20 years of independence, said he was aware of the discussion "going on" about whether an independent Scotland would continue as a member of the European Union or have to reapply as a new state.

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According to Rauch and his colleagues, Greek data are further from the Benford distribution than that of any other European Union member state.

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