Western Europe

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Western Europe is the region of European countries that, after World War II, became closely integrated with the United States and each other through economic recovery, political cooperation, and shared democratic institutions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
geographical region
associatedWith Cold War Western Bloc
linked to: NATO
characterizedBy capitalism
liberal democracy
market economy
parliamentary institutions
rule of law
welfare state policies
closelyIntegratedWith European Economic Community
European Union
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
linked to: NATO

United States
continentPartOf Europe
contrastedWith Eastern Europe
Soviet sphere of influence
hasCommonValue constitutional government
economic liberalism
human rights
hasEconomicProgram Marshall Plan
hasHistoricalContext post-World War II era
hasOrganization Western European Union
hasPoliticalSystem multi-party democracy
hasProcess economic integration
political integration
security cooperation
hasSecurityAlliance North Atlantic Treaty Organization
linked to: NATO
hasSupranationalInstitution Council of Europe
European Coal and Steel Community
European Economic Community
European Union
historicallyIncludes Austria
Belgium
Denmark
France
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
West Germany
politicallyAlignedWith United States
reconstructedWithAidFrom United States
reconstructedWithAidProgram European Recovery Program
linked to: Marshall Plan

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Dutch Republic locatedIn Western Europe
Gulf Stream influencesClimateOf western Europe
linked to: Western Europe
Europe hasSubregion Western Europe
ERP beneficiaryRegion Western Europe
France subregion Western Europe
West Germany locatedIn Western Europe
Netherlands region Western Europe
Calvinism originatedInRegion Western Europe
Central European Time usedInRegion Western Europe
Roaring Twenties appliesToJurisdiction Western Europe
Luxembourg locatedIn Western Europe
Luxembourg subregion Western Europe
Rhône River locatedIn Western Europe
Alps region partOf Western Europe
Art Deco geographicallyAssociatedWith Western Europe
Grand Alliance geographicScope Western Europe
Industrial Revolution hasLocation Western Europe
Jewish diaspora hasCenter Western Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries
linked to: Western Europe
Republic of Letters hasGeographicScope Western Europe
Mont Blanc locatedIn Western Europe
Mont Blanc isHighestPointOf Western Europe
Wirtschaftswunder region Western Europe
Economic Cooperation Administration appliesToJurisdiction Western Europe
subject linked to: ECA
Western Front (World War II) locatedIn Western Europe
subject linked to: Western Front
Thatcherism regionOfInfluence Western Europe
Lisbon locatedIn Western Europe
Scientific Revolution hasMainRegion Western Europe
Renaissance humanism influencedRegion Western Europe
Duchy of Savoy locatedIn Western Europe
Sephardi Jews dispersedTo Western Europe
Proto-Celtic spokenIn Western Europe
European American hasAncestralOrigin Western Europe
French–Italian border locatedIn Western Europe
Auxiliary Territorial Service servedInTheatres Northwest Europe
linked to: Western Europe
Gypsies historicallyUsedIn Western Europe
British 1st Airborne Division theatre Northwest Europe
linked to: Western Europe
Chi-Rho monogram regionOfUse Western Europe
Iacomus regionOfUse Western Europe
subject linked to: Late Latin Iacomus