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SPAIN
Capital: Madrid Population: 45,989,000 HDI Rank 23th
FRANCE
Capital: Paris Population: 62,791,000 HDI Rank 20th
ITALY
Capital: Rome Population: 60, 340,000 HDI Rank 24th
GREECE
Capital: Athens Population:11,305,000 HDI Rank 29th
TRADE ENVIRONMENT
800 700 600 500 400 Exports Imports
300 200
100 0 France Spain Italy Greece
* $ Million
TRADE ENVIRONMENT
France
Ex: Machinery, transportation equipment, chemicals, steel
Spain
Ex: Motor vehicles, foods, medicine Imp: Machinery, iron/steel
Italy
Ex: Engineering products, textiles, machinery Imp: Engineering products, chemicals, transport equipment
Greece
Ex: Foods, beverages, manufactured goods
IMPACT OF TOURISM
Greece ranks 17th (15%GDP)
1st World Rank 107 Billion EUR (10.9 %GDP) 4th World Rank 81 Billion EUR (17.2%GDP) 5th World Rank 43 Billion EUR (9.7%GPD)
USA 3% GDP
POLITICAL CONDITIONS
Parliamentary
Government Assistance
EU Legislature
LEGAL CONDITIONS
Traditional, not Rational/Legal Except France Functions of EU law Federal set of laws
Sources of EU law
Primary Secondary Supplemental EU Court of Justice
EURO ZONE
Facilitate trade across country borders and keep prices down
$1=0.77 EUR
INFRAESTRUCTURE
Excellent motorways and railways
thanks to heavy investments
in Spain, France and Italy
CULTURAL ANALYSIS
HIGH CONTEXT CULTURES
LANGUAGES
FRENCH SPANISH ITALIAN GREEK
RELIGION
ROMAN CATHOLICISM EXCEPT GREECE (Orthodox)
INTERESTING FACTS
When attending a business dinner in Spain, be prepared
to say up late. They do not have dinner until after 9 pm.
A Spaniard invented the mop!!! France is the most visited country in the world with 75
million tourist yearly
Italians claim to have taught the rest of Europe how to Greece is the worlds third leading producer of olives No one in Greece can choose not to vote. Voting is
required by law for every citizen who is 18 or older.
cook. Italy is responsible for introducing the world to ice cream (via the Chinese), coffee, and fruit pies.
furniture are painted a turquoise blue. It is used because of an ancient belief that this shade of blue keeps evil away.