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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