the EU's total population; and even though their economic output is much lower, it rises dynamically. New members' impact … on the EU policies has nevertheless been limited. This is due not only to the arcane voting rules within the EU, but also … vote together and that their influence is thus fairly limited. We argue that as the EU seemingly lacks energy to implement …

in the EU managed to reduce their expected spending on pensions in both reference periods. In the second part of the … in the ten Central and Eastern European countries that became EU members in 2004 and 2007 (EU-10). -- Pension system …

10 countries from Central and Eastern Europe (CEEC) that will join the EU in 2004/7 the banking system is now dominated …

decisions on the EU-wide average of inflation and growth or should it instead focus on (appropriately weighted) national rates …