Into Europe: The Blue Banana is Europe’s first economic corridor. As well as being home to Europe’s main financial and political centres, it was the first place where economic integration took place in the European single market.
Now other economic corridors are emerging outside of the bloc and the European Union is financing infrastructure Giga-Projects as part of the Trans-European Transport Programme. They to connect the economies of its different member states.
These economic corridors are connecting Europe together, providing new opportunities for European and International Trade, particularly with Africa.
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