After the enlargements of 2004 and 2007 European Union has confronted with an unprecedented increase of the development disparities. The cohesion policy for the period 2007-2013 concentrates on investments in researchdevelopment and innovation, infrastructure, industrial competitiveness, labor...

The general implications of globalization as well as those resulting from 2004 and 2007 enlargements have forced EU to think seriously about approaching issues related to rigidity and stagnation in the major EU economies. The problems are well known and recognized. Their solution implies anyway...