The EU candidate and potential candidate countries have made considerable progress in economic transition and …

reform momentum to enable a sustainable convergence with the EU. …This paper reviews institutional and structural challenges in countries preparing for EU membership, i.e. Albania …, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey. Sound institutions …

This paper summarises the economic analyses of the potential impact of Brexit on the United Kingdom, European Union (EU …

Overall, the prospects for a continued and reasonably fast real convergence process between the EU8 countries and the … euro area are good. However, the continuation of the rapid progress made by many EU8 countries in the past cannot be taken … for granted. In fact, in order to ensure that fast economic growth in the EU8 countries remains sustainable, it is crucial …

for and supply of securities. This paper finds that financial markets in the new EU Member States (plus Cyprus, Malta and … process of integration is well under way and has accelerated since accession to the EU. …

This paper reviews selected aspects of economic relations between the EU and Russia, focusing on the impact that the … last two waves of EU enlargement have had on Russia, as well as the role of the euro in Russia. The analysis suggests that … if EU enlargement has had any diversion effects on trade between the EU and Russia at all, they have been minimal, while …

). The SPF asks a panel of approximately 75 forecasters located in the European Union (EU) for their short- to longer …