The South-North migration corridor, i.e. migration flows to the EU from Africa, the Middle East and EU neighbouring … countries to the EU15 and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). This is likely to dominate migration flows into the EU … Middle East and other EU neighbours to the EU28 and EFTA countries. The study finds that income gaps, diverging demographic …

Migration from Africa and the Middle East to the EU has intensified over the last two decades. Relative differences … between developed EU and less developed African and Middle East countries have not declined that much and continue to drive … mobility. Also, demographic trends show a strong contrast between the population of the EU (ageing and shrinking rapidly) and …

of the WB countries to the EU15. The empirical results confirm the importance of wage gaps and their changes as an …

This paper discusses the introduction of new own resources to finance the EU budget. Currently roughly two thirds of … criticised for leading to political debates that emphasise the cost of EU spending rather than on the benefits, and for … contributing to the framing of discussions on the EU budget in terms of net balances, rather than value added through common …