SFB 649 Discussion Paper 2006-065 Forecasting Euro-Area Variables with German Pre-EMU Data Ralf Brüggemann* Helmut Lütkepohl** Massimiliano Marcellino*** * Department of Economics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany ** Department of Economics,...

Key aspects of the impact of the recent enlargement of the EU are analysed with reference to the Central and Eastern European countries. The book demonstrates that the enlargement could have profound consequences on both the new Member States and on the pre-accession members of the Union