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'''[[Montecara]]''' is not a member of the '''[[Euclean Community]]''', but it does have extensive relations with both the Community and its member states.  
'''[[Montecara]]''' is not a member of the '''[[Euclean Community]]''', but it does have extensive relations with both the Community and its member states.  



Revision as of 23:04, 8 August 2019

Montecara–Euclean Community relations
Map indicating locations of Montecara and Euclean Community

Montecara

Euclean Community

Montecara is not a member of the Euclean Community, but it does have extensive relations with both the Community and its member states.

Trade

The EC is Montecara's largest trading partner by a wide margin, and Florena is its largest individual state trading partner. Montecara relies almost entirely on the EC for its supplies of such staples as grain, natural gas, chemicals, and oil. The EC is the destination of the vast majority of Montecara's exports, especially precision tools, luxury goods, medical instruments, and pharmaceuticals.

Proposed membership

Ratification of EC Membership Agreement, 1996
To ratify the agreement negotiated by the State of Montecara and the Euclean Community with the aim of securing membership in the Community
DateJune 28, 1996 (1996-06-28)
Results
Votes %
Yes 260,986 39.88%
No 393,386 60.12%
Valid votes 654,372 98.79%
Invalid or blank votes 8,028 1.21%
Total votes 662,400 100.00%
Eligible to vote/turnout 753,910 87.86%

Montecara's last serious attempt to join the EC was made in 1996, when the Colegio and Senate both approved the necessary treaties of accession. When they came to a vote by the Popular Assembly, however, they were defeated by a margin of over 60%.

In the lead-up to the Popular Assembly vote, major trade unions came out strongly against the proposal, arguing that membership in the Community would undermine worker protections and allow an influx of cheap foreign labor into the country. Small entrepreneurs and craftsmen also feared increased competition from abroad, and renters reported concerns about increased housing costs and fewer available units in consequence of mass migration.

The financial sector, on the other hand, was strongly pro-membership, and executives of several prominent banking institutions made public statements to the effect that Montecara would stand to gain far more than it would lose by having essentially unrestricted access to a vast capital market. Many political liberals also supported membership on the basis of heightened international cooperation and the progress of the pan-Euclean project. Students and young people also generally supported membership for several reasons, including the increased ability to live, work, and study abroad.

Public opinion

See also