Indeed, it is unlikely that any European country can have sufficient weight to influence the course of globalisation and the “rules of the game” of the global economy. Only the EU as a whole can  3  I draw here from a range of opinion polls, including Eurobarometer (2007), CCFR (2006) and WorldPublicOpinion & CCFR (2007).
In this regard, I am pleased to inform you that the banking industry has agreed on a roadmap for rolling out Europay, MasterCard and VISA (EMV) standards in Namibia. These standards will be fully complied with on the post machines side by 2012 and on the cards side by 2015.