Sentence examples for core of nations from inspiring English sources

Germany and France have often sought to capitalise on EU splits to build an inner core of nations that would assert Franco-German leadership of the union.

The problems are basically twofold: within the inner core of nations that use the euro as their common currency, which together have an economy roughly the size of the United States'; and within the larger European Union.

BRUSSELS — Europe's worst financial crisis in generations is forging a new European Union, pushing Britain to the sidelines and creating a more integrated, fiscally disciplined core of nations under the auspices of a resurgent Germany.

Mr. Barnett's "new map" split the world into two basic categories: a "functioning core" of nations that are plugged into the global economy, and a "nonintegrating gap" of countries — in the Middle East, Latin America and elsewhere — that are chaotic and dangerous because they are cut off from the world's established markets and institutions.

A damaging split opened when France threatened to forge ahead with core groups of nations to achieve a closer political union.

But if the euro were to split into a hard core with Germany at its heart and an outer core of struggling nations, most economists would see France as a likely candidate for the second group.

They maintain that, as the inner core of "euro" nations moves towards a fiscal union, the UK risks being sucked in further and now is the perfect opportunity to push for a fundamental change in the UK's relations with Brussels or an exit strategy.

It is backed by a powerful, centuries-old idea, which was the core of the nation and the state, i.e., defence against the outside threat.

"Clearly, Americans in Washington and around the country consider the open spaces in the monumental core of the nation's capital to be a precious part of their national birthright," Margaret Vanderhye, chairwoman of the Joint Task Force on Memorials, said on Friday.

That, in a country like Turkey where the army was the core of the nation's foundation, may open a kind of vendetta.

They are not the core of the nation.