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Europe’s slow emergence from its second recession in the last five years is raising new questions about whether the euro currency is doing more harm than good.
Five years of crisis have laid bare deep differences in national policies, politics and priorities across the European Union. The 28-member bloc is increasingly confronting a more fundamental problem: whether it is too unwieldy to address the multiplying array of challenges it faces. And in many ways, the most divisive issues involve the 17-member subset of the union that was supposed to give them something in common –the euro currency.
The notion that the European Union has structural deficiencies has been debated almost since its founding. The tension between economic integration and political harmonization is nothing new. But as the global financial crisis is beginning to fade, Europe’s troubles persist, exacerbated by the fissures of the currency union that have impeded the region’s economic recovery.
The strains are evident at many levels. Hopes for greater political cooperation are falling victim to domestic economic stress in many countries and the rise of populist politics heading into European parliamentary elections next spring. An interest-rate cut by the European Central Bank last week reportedly came over the objections of the German members of the bank’s governing council.
And there are deep divisions within the European Union over a plan to unify the process for identifying and closing down troubled banks--- and paying the costs of doing so. Those disagreements could get a further airing this week when euro zone finance ministers meet.
The core of the trouble, critics say, stems from the structure of the euro currency union. Unlike a single-currency country like the United States or Britain, it lacks a common treasury and the ability to issue common debt. That has created a poisonous dynamic between creditor nations, like Germany and debtor nations, like Greece.
True, there have been glimmers of good news lately. Consumer confidence among Europeans has improved, and recession has ended in countries like france and Spain. European stock indexes are up for the year. And yes, the euro in recent months has risen in value against other main currencies—although that is more curse than blessing, because it makes exports relatively more expensive outside the euro zone.
But the big worry lately is the specter of deflation, a doom loop of falling prices, wages and profits that, once underway, is a tailspin hard to pull out of. The fear of years of stagnation was the main impetus for the European Central Bank’s decision to reduce interest rates, over the objections of Germany, which worries that looser money will only encourage profligacy by its weaker euro neighbors.
It is not evident, though , that anything has been gained by the austerity policies that Germany long preached, which have been a drag on economic growth; government debt in the euro zone has risen sharply over the last half decade.
Perhaps worst of all, the various economic afflictions have reinforced the kind of nationalism and xenophobia that the broader European Union project was supposed to chase away.
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There have been numerous appeals to a local newspaper to publish a story by angry parents of children who require remedial help, about protection of Child Rights, highlighting the fact that XY High School has allegedly been demanding fees over and above the annual fees for conducting remedial classes for special children i.e. children who need additional help.
(A) As per the government rules, it is the teacher’s responsibility to assess the learning ability to each child not accordingly supplement additional instruct ions, if any, as required.
(B) Parents should file a complaint in the local police station and collectively appeal in the court of law in order to ensure that all special students receive remedial help.
(C) Many private schools are known for charging extra fee for remedial classes.
(D) Some parents are considering other schools for their children as they do not wish to pay the extra charge levied by the school for remedial education.
(E) Providing remedial education to students is very expensive and the management of the school charges a minimum amount, apart from school fees, to ensure that best possible help is provided to students.
(F) Despite the fact that the annual fee of XY high school is over INR 30,000/-, the parents are forced to pay the extra fees and if they are unable to do so, the child is not allowed to attend the remedial classes.
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In a certain code language,
‘make good finance plans’ is written as ‘zt mn lo xy’
‘good economy helps finance’ is written as ‘dn oj mn zt’
‘make good progress now’ is written as ‘oj rt cl br’
(All the codes are two letter codes only)
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Each of the six friends, A,B,C,D,E and F scored different marks in an examination. C scored more than only. A and E. D scored less than only B. E did not score the least. The one who scored the third highest marks scored 81 marks. E scored 62 marks.
