In the light of the current economic debt crisis within the Euro zone, the heterogeneity of EU members has becoming … economic integration with the other EU members. Despite the common use of the term "European integration", neither a uniform … integration are hard to quantify, thereby making it almost impossible to argue objectively whether an individual EU member state …

the economic success of EU states statistically tangible. Firstly, we show in descriptive illustrations that the … theoretically expected characteristics of small countries clearly apply to the current EU states. From the theoretical perspective … influenced by factors other than population size, such as the duration of EU membership, the level of economic development …

exchange rate as an adjustment instrument. This is an even more basic challenge for the EU because the enlargement challenge … common currency. This contribution deals with these two basic challenges for the EU over the next decade. It starts with a …