This paper discusses the eastward enlargement process of the EU in the framework of a simple war of attrition … bargaining game. Both players - the existing EU members and the applicants - benefit from enlargement, yet for the applicants … reform to the acquis is costly, while the EU prefers substantially reformed candidates. A waiting game unfolds. Within this …

systems as those established in the EU are able to offset the negative impact of unemployment risk on the portfolio …

EU leaders are well aware of the relevance of migration in the European policy agenda. Thirty-two pages out of forty …