Denmark And Uk + Summary Eu

Global Trends and Issues

Denmark & United Kingdom

Demographic

Decline in growth of population since 2003

The life expectancy in the UK is 76 years old for men and 81 years old for women.

Net migration of 55% 2006: Increase of more than 25% in

the number of inhabitants that were born in the UK.

Over 5.5 million inhabitants, including Greenland

Life expectancy for men is 75.8 years old, for women this is 80.6 years old.

The inhabitants of Denmark exist of Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian and Somali people.

More people are leaving Denmark, than are coming in.

United Kingdom Denmark

Economic

Service based industry Real growth in GDP of 2.9% in 2008 Only 1.4% of working people work in

agriculture Total import value is is higher than

the total export value

Part of the European Union, but not of the EMU

Therefore it has the Danish Krone instead of the Euro

One of the highest living standards in the world

Future issue: Ratio of employees to retirees


Social and Cultural

No extensive difference between rich and poor

More than 70% of UK inhabitants uses the Internet

UK business people are very formal in their way of doing business

Some older Danish people still dislike the Germans and therefore it’s better to communicate in English with them.

About 83% of the Danish people is member of the “Folkekirken”. Only 4% of Danish inhabitants is Muslim.

5th of June. Celebration of the introduction of a constitutional law


Technological

51% of the UK inhabitants has a cell phone

The UK has the most modern television station

Wind energy is one of the main ways to create energy

Denmark tries to become a clean country with less pollution and less Co2 emissions

Research on biomass to create

energy


Ecological

British people are proud of the landscapes outside the cities

Natural resources such as gold and natural gas and coal

UK has already met the Kyoto protocol for Co2 reduction

Nitrogen and phosphorus pollution of the North Sea

Pesticides in the drinking water Global warming


Political

Constitutional monarchy, but unwritten

It’s being practiced partly trough statutes and partly through law and practice

Not a member of the EMU

Constitutional monarchy with five regions

Not a member of the EMU


Global Trends and Issues

Summary of Europe

Demographic and economic

Aging of people in most European countries

Ratio of employees to retirees Increasing immigration of non-

Western immigrant

Credit crisis High living standards in most

Western-European countries Service-based industries

Demographic Economic

Social and Technological

New countries entering the European Union

Social life on the Internet No extensive difference between

rich and poor

Increased use of the Internet in several ways and in different platforms

A trend towards reduction of greenhouses gas emissions

Social Technological

Ecological and Political

Increased awareness of the environment

New sources of energy

More extremism in political parties, on the right wing as well as on the left wing

Increased EU-cooperation No EU-constitution

Ecological Political

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