The paper deals with the effects of migration resulting from EU eastern enlargement on the welfare states of Western … is a rational reaction of the state. The proposed new EU constitution, which contains far-reaching rules for a European …

need for social policies at the EU level. Social harmonisation would distort migration flows and slow down the speed of …

criteria implies extensive business cycle harmonization between CEECs and EU countries in the medium term …

We assess the correlation of supply and demand shocks between current countries in the euro area and EU accession … with the euro area and conclude that continuing integration within the EU is likely to align the business cycles of these … countries in a manner similar to the synchronisation of supply and demand shocks we document for the EU in the 1990s …

(CEECs), a topic that has gained attention in recent years as new EU entrants prepare for participation in the monetary union …