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This dissertation provides an analytical and coherent presentation of the problem of a uniform monetary policy in an inhomogeneous currency area. To this end, the critical situation in the European Monetary Union is discussed, the effects of the uniform, highly expansive monetary policy of the European Central Bank are examined and possible solutions are outlined with which the current crisis can be overcome. In the first main part, in addition to the well-known characteristics of optimal currency areas, additional requirements...

May 2014 - Political crisis and armed conflict in Ukraine. While the rebels in eastern Ukraine are portrayed in the European media as "pro-Russian" separatists, they simply describe themselves as Russians. Russia urges Ukraine to dialogue with all "Ukrainians". NATO wants to arm and sends protection troops to the Baltic States. What collective identity is being fought for? When the multinational empire - the Soviet Union - collapsed in the course of the democracy movement in 1991, the identification processes...