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 …

orientated policy conclusions are given even though one fear seems to be unfounded: the aim of territorial cohesion in the EU …