works in modern regional economics indicate that even in relatively homogeneous groups of countries like the EU economic … convergence need time and this is certainly true after EU enlargement, because new Member States with a lower economic performance … regional policy there is a greater tendency to see regions in terms of spatial economic networks and to see the EU as a part of …

, it connects the seaports of northern Germany with the Danube ports and Greek seaports. Seven capitals of EU member states … Hauptstädte der EU-Mitgliedstaaten sind durch den Orient/East-Med Corridor direkt miteinander verbunden. Derzeit steht die …