At the core of the formation of the European Union (EU) in 1993 was the economic goal to create a European Common Market to ensure freer trade and perhaps to create an egalitarian Europe. The post-1993 period saw the biggest enlargement of the EU to date from a meagre 3 member countries...

Starting with the significant differences between the European Union member states regarding the implementation of the sustainable development goals stipulated by the United Nations and the transition from the fossil fuel economy to the one based on the principles of bio-economics, the article...

Investment, the entry of foreign firms depends of a large extent on the country's goodwill, which is reflected in various ratings. This representation of the situation is approximate, as it does not estimate the differences between the values of the indicators with adjacent grades. This can be...

In this paper we investigate the relationship between relative poverty and/or inequality on the one hand and the intensity of the recent global economic crisis, as well as the current economic position of European Union countries on the other. Using data from the 27 E.U. member states we try to...