(Spanish) Presentación: Hacia una identidad europea. De Teresa Giménez Barbat
Más de 500 millones de ciudadanos forman parte hoy de la Unión Europea. Somos el mayor donante mundial en ayuda humanitaria, una de las tres economías más poderosas del planeta, el primer socio comercial y el primer inversor exterior en la mayoría de los países del globo.
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