development within several country groups hierarchized to the degree of European integration (e.g., euro area). Two sets of … States and acceding, candidate, and potential candidate countries. However, euro-area countries converge only in the area of … rule of law within the first twelve euro-area members. Concerning ơ -convergence, the results are less clear. Only the EU …

development within several country groups hierarchized to the degree of European integration (e.g., euro area). Two sets of … States and acceding, candidate, and potential candidate countries. However, euro-area countries converge only in the area of … rule of law within the first twelve euro-area members. Concerning σ-convergence, the results are less clear. Only the EU …