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Author: Hanne Van De Ven
Brussels, november 17 - Forty years ago, when an iron curtain divided the world, the USA, Canada and the countries of Western Europe, and the states of the Communist bloc, signed the Helsinki Act. This Act was intended to improve the relations in the dialogue of economic cooperation, human rights and security. As opposed to the expectations, Europe currently faces a serious division in East and West again since Russia annexed Crimea. For this reason, the Socialists & Democrats (S&D) group of the European Parliament discussed a revision for the Helsinki Act during a conference on 17 November in Brussels.
Brussels, november 17 - Forty years ago, when an iron curtain divided the world, the USA, Canada and the countries of Western Europe, and the states of the Communist bloc, signed the Helsinki Act. This Act was intended to improve the relations in the dialogue of economic cooperation, human rights and security. As opposed to the expectations, Europe currently faces a serious division in East and West again since Russia annexed Crimea. For this reason, the Socialists & Democrats (S&D) group of the European Parliament discussed a revision for the Helsinki Act during a conference on 17 November in Brussels.
Since the establishment of the Helsinki
Act, the world has globalized increasingly through developments in
internet and technology. As a result, countries have become more
involved with each other, particularly in trade. While the European
Union (EU) supports trade by opening the borders between the Member
States of the Schengen zone, Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia and
Kyrgyzstan established the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) in 2015 for
similar purposes.
