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This article is about the Euro crisis. It intends to present a small contribution concerning the political interests that guided member states on the issue of monetary cooperation, since the so-called "Snake" to the European monetary system, and later on the creation of the Monetary Union. Then it concentrates on the Euro crisis, trying to identify the interests that prevailed on what was done by the area countries to overcome the current crisis, and also on what remains to be done. It ends up with a brief reflection on the political effects of the crisis on the EU balance of power. Adapted from the source document.

This article analyses the amendments introduced by the Lisbon Treaty concerning foreign and defense policy, in the framework of a strategy to make Europe a global power. It starts by contextualizing this policy in the acting of the European Union, and then it reviews the main changes provided by the Treaty of Lisbon. Adapted from the source document.

The main goal of this article is to reflect about the adjustment of the international economic organization system to the new balance of power emerged with the globalization. We will review the international financial institutions that appeared after Bretton Woods and will look to the multilateral trade system inaugurated by GATT. After all, Gzo seems to be the better institution that reflects the balance of our times. Adapted from the source document.