Which country is Europe's powerhouse both militarily and economically?
471066
I think England has the strongest most powerful military, but France also has a nuclear weapon.\n\nGerman economy has a stronger GDP.\n\nSo there isn't a real definate answer. But if you had to tie me to one Id say Germany cause of their economy and the fact that they have allies enough where if they were attacked again by Russia they'd fight em off.
913784
Wow, an intelligent question on YA.\n\nIf this were to happen, a unified military for the EU would be an extremely potent force with a broad spectrum leadership.\n\nIt will be interesting to see how alliances would play out. If the EU military was unified, would England for example be allowed to ally with a non EU nation in a military campaign that the rest of the EU condemns?
416197
Yes, the UK is generally considered to have the second strongest defence forces in the West. Their navy is much stronger and has been for centuries, their army was the second biggest contributor to both Gulf Wars and their air force is superior. The UK ranks 3rd on muilitary expenditure behind the US and China, 2nd on military projection capability behind the US and 2nd on military science adnd technology.
618908
Economic Strength, U.S.S.R. failure.\n\nHowever both influence each other very heavily, without a military you will get invaded and all your economic capabilities will be taken from you, and if you don't have good economic base, your military will turn against you for not being paid.
60013
The most powerful production car in Europe, or anywhere else, is the Bugatti Veyron. 1001 horsepower. 252 mph top speed. Nothing else comes close.
33699
What do you mean by strongest?  Economically strongest, militarily strongest?\n\nWell, in the military case, I would say the US.  We have nuclear weapons, we have satellites for eavesdropping and intelligence gathering, more submarines than any other country, probably the largest navy, geographic isolation due to the Atlantic and Pacific and fairly stable neighbors to the north and south, etc.
153874
What do you mean by this? Almost every European country has got army and conventional forces. If you mean US conventional forces in Europe- there are many troops in Germany and US government is signing contracts with other countries like Bulgaria and romania for joint training operations.
783419
In France?  Present day?\n\nAirbus:  aircraft manufacturer\n\nFrance is also the leading producer of timber and timber goods in Europe and the leading producer of food products in Europe, second in the world behind the USA.
903143
great foods, great music, very good enjoying but of course this is not possibble \n\nlets look about economy\ntotal GPD in turkey about 800 billion dollars\ntotal GPD in greece $250 billion dollars  \n\nboth is about 1 trillion dollars if both country can grown %10 yearly i think possible 10 years later (2,6 trillions dollars)  this confederation biggest economical power in the europe thats mean 2th or 3th on the world yes very strong power\n\nlets look turkey with %5 grow everyyear\n10 years later it ll has 1.3 trillion dollars \n\nok lets do it :p
358748
(m)\n\nI think germany
1150071
Depends on how you define powerful\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_active_troops\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_size_of_armed_forces\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures
205385
They were out numbered for one by the triple entente, militarism was another, along with Industrialization, and nationalism. the triple entente was an alliance between three big countries, militarism was all of the weapons, industrialization was the advanced weapons and other sources, and nationalism was ones love for their country enabling them to fight for it.
838122
the abundant natural resources, the fact that we weren't constantly at war unlike the european powers, and the size of the country (both land and population).  the resources meant industry and commerce could grow rapidly.  the european powers were constantly fighting each other, and so spent far more of their money on miltary than america did.  the amount of land meant that we didn't rely on other countries for food, and the population meant that manufacturing capacity could grow without restrictions.
633737
I'd have to say the U.K., although Israel is a good ally too. Unfortunately, the Iraq war hasn't made us too popular.
1134425
There are not any. Europe is a group of nations which have grouped together to form a union, hence the term E.U. Industries are nationalised within each country or member state, and belong to that memebr state, not to the E.U directly. For this to happen the E.U would have to become a super state with a president/leader. Fortunately (I am a nationalist) this ideology was stopped when France and other member states voted against the European Constitution a couple of years ago.
828255
Switzerland, but they've always kept well out of any military involvement. The don't even have much of a standing army, but every man is trained in the use of guns, and guerilla tactics.\nThe US will go the way of all empires, the bad thing about this, from a European perspective, is that they probably will drag us down with them. It is not really wealth that destroys a nation, but relentless expansionism, as the US has practised ever since its founding.
247510
Spain, France, and Britain?