Three permanent members of

Europe(Germany , France , Netherland)

By : Liza Ormol

Contents

• Germany• France• Netherlands• Location• GDP• Import & Exports• Main Industries• famous companies

1: Germany

• Germany is a country in west-central Europe, that stretches from Alps, across the North European plain to the North sea and the Baltic sea

• Germany has the second largest population in Europe ( European part of Russia)

• And is seventh in largest of area• The territory of Germany covers : 357,021km• Founding member of EU since (1952)

Germany on world’s Map

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• Germany share borders with nine European countries : Denmark in the north , Poland and Czech Republic in the east , Austria and Switzerland in the south , France in the southwest and Belgium , Luxembourg and Netherland in the west

• It’s official name is Federal republic of Germany• It’s capital is Berlin• Its population is more than 52 million

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• Germany is the largest economy in Europe • And the fourth largest by nominal GDP in the

world• And fifth by GDP(PPP)• Germany’s economic policy is based on the

concept of social market economy• The country is founding member of European

Union and the Eurozone

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• Germany recorded highest trade surplus in the world worth $270 billion , making it the biggest capital exporter globally

• The service sector contributes around 70% of the total GDP, Industry 29.1% and agriculture 0.9%

• Most of the country’s products are in engineering , specially automobiles , machinery , metals and chemical goods

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• The largest annual international trade fairs and congresses are held in several German cities such as : Hanover, Munich, Frankfurt and Berlin

• Of the world’s 500 largest stock market listed companies measured by revenue , 37 are headquartered in Germany

• In 2012 the ten largest were : Volkswagen , Allianz , E.ON , Daimler , Siemens , Metro , Deutsche ,Telekom , Munich Re and BMW

2:France

• France is a country in Western Europe• France borders the Atlantic ocean and the

Mediterranean• To the west is the Bay of Biscay , to the north is

the English Channel and the North Sea and it also have territory in South America , the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean

• France have the world’s fifth largest economy by nominal figures and the second largest by PPP

• France capital is Paris

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• It has the second largest economy in Europe (behind its main economic partner Germany)

• The leading industrial sector in France are telecommunication (including communication satellites), aerospace and defense

• Ship building (naval and specialist ships ) , constriction , civil engineering , chemicals , textile and automobile production

• Founding member of EU since 1952

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• France is the world’s sixth-largest agricultural producer and EU’s leading agriculture power

• Northern France is characterized by large wheat forms, Dairy products , poultry and Apple

• And also France is the world’s most popular tourist destination with more than 81.9 million tourists in 2007 ahead of Spain and united state

3: Netherlands

• It’s capital is Amsterdam• It’s lying mainly in Western Europe • The European part of Netherlands borders

Germany to the east , Belgium to the south, and the North sea to the northwest

• the Netherlands name literally means “Low Country”, inspired by its low and flat geography

• The Netherland is founding member of EU• It is having market based economy

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• According to the world bank and the international monitory fund , Netherlands was the 18th largest economy in the world in 2012

• The Netherlands have a prosperous and open economy , which depends heavily on foreign trade

• Service account for than half of national income and are primary in transportation , distributions and logistics

• Founding member of EU since (1952)

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• The Netherlands continuous to be one of the largest European nation for attracting foreign direct investment and is one of the five largest investors in United states

• The Netherlands is home to a few very large multinationals . Royal Dutch Shell is the largest private company of Netherlands by revenue and the second largest in the world after Exxon Mobile

• Others are : Philips , TomTom , Unilever