Already in 1994, Baldwin predicted the formation of the 'hub-and-spokes' model to describe the outcomes of economic integration across the European Union (EU) implying marginalization of the new EU member states. We examine the validity of this hypothesis by putting an emphasis on Visegrad group...

Reconstruction, reconciliation, and integration, 1945-1957 -- Uncertain terrain, 1958-1972 -- A community in flux, 1973-1984 -- From European Community to European Union, 1985-1992 -- The emergent European Union, 1993-1999 -- The unsettled European Union, 2000-2010 -- The commission -- The...