The nations of Western Europe saw that they had to work together and become more united in order to obtain peace. They created many successful organizations which eventually lead to the most important: the European Union.
The Eastern European Nations were controlled by the Soviet Union, a communist government, and they did not have self-rule nor could they have free trade with the rest of the world as the Western European nations did. The USSR also refused help from the democratic western nations so they did not have all that help to fix up and grow the economies of the Eastern Nations.
Europe, Asia,Africa
Europe spans the Eastern and Western Hemisphere. It is also in the Northern Hemisphere. There is also a term called the Western World, which basically means industrialized democratic nations (but more or less just Europe, Northern America, and Japan).
because of the united nations
Western Europe has the highest tax rate of the two. The 5 largest tax rates will be found in Western Europe, at about 50%. The US actually has one of the 5 lowest tax rates in the world, at about 27%.
Marshall Plan
The Western World or Western Civilization.
The United Nations geoscheme is a scheme devised by the United Nations Statistics Division based on the M49 coding classification, which divides the world into macro-geographical regions and subregions.The geoscheme for Europe is divided into 4 groups: Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe and Western Europe. Western Europe consists of 9 countries: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, and Luxembourg.Refer to link below for more information.
become popular in Europe and in non-Western nations.
During World War II, the Allies helped occupied nations in Western Europe by providing behind-the-lines military assistance of all kinds; later, their direct invasion of the Continent liberated these same nations. After the war, the Allies (especially the United States) provided massive material and humanitarian aid for the rebuilding of these nations.
Western Europe is the financial capital of the world. And since its countries occupy a very small land with little resources, they trade very much with other nations. Trading usually happens by ship.
About 17% of all Catholics in the world live in Western Europe. (200,643,617 Catholics in Europe; 1,181,368,942 in the world.