smaller output decline than the Euro area and the entire EU while the CIS, especially its European part, contracted more … (e.g., EU) and global levels …

The CIS countries' EU-related interests are very heterogeneous. The countries themselves differ not only in terms of … their geopolitical and geo-economic situations, and how those affect their relations with the EU, but also in their levels … EU membership as their strategic goal; others want to enjoy the benefits of the common free market, and the ambitions of …

simple empirical assessment of convergence of inflation to EU levels and economic growth of 7 CEE economies which had adopted …

challenge for the common currency in the medium to long run may come from widespread breaches of EU fiscal rules. So the …

This paper analyzes the effect of the EU enlargement process on income convergence among regions in the EU and in the … Eastern neighborhood of the EU. The data used is NUTS II regions in the EU and Oblasts' of Russia over the period 1996 … regional income differences are reduced within EU15. The income convergence within the EU is mainly driven by reductions in the …

reforms in the countries of the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood. It claims that it is too early to assess the success of the ENP in … evidence on external reform anchors confirms that the ENP shares some features with the EU accession process that has proven to … eventual ENP economic offer is meaningful and integration with the EU is getting stronger public support in several CIS …

the EU running structural fiscal deficits. More than half of them (including the biggest ones) breach the Treaty's actual … connected with EU accession cannot serve as excuse in delaying fiscal consolidation.In spite of the growing debate on the … relevance of the EU's fiscal surveillance rules and not excluding the possibility of their limited modification, they should not …