economic restructuring of the 11 central and eastern European EU member states as they catch up with the more developed EU14 … countries differs markedly from that in the EU14, influenced by market- and policy-related factors. Addressing these …

This paper examines the state of innovation in Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern EU countries. Despite increased … industry, and enhance the overall business environment. Dashboards illustrate how innovation capacity and outcomes vary between …

Balkan countries, the third enlargement area is formed by Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia in Eastern Europe. Ever since Russia …Now that the European Council has given the green light to opening EU accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova … Russia. Rather, a new chapter of enlargement policy is beginning in the shadow of war. After Turkey and the six Western …

A credible EU enlargement policy remains necessary from a geopolitical perspective, but can only succeed through a more … pragmatic and gradual integration approach. New members amplify the existing challenges to EU decision making, rule … capitulation, and instead advocates stepwise integration into the single market, Schengen and selected policies, tied to verifiable …

Balkan countries, the third enlargement area is formed by Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia in Eastern Europe. Ever since Russia …Now that the European Council has given the green light to opening EU accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova … Russia. Rather, a new chapter of enlargement policy is beginning in the shadow of war. After Turkey and the six Western …

This chapter offers a framework to analyse the impact of EU membership on economic ("means"), institutional ("ways …") and social ("ends") convergence of EU11 countries to the frontier. It identifies the channels through which this impact … works: trade, investment, finance, migration and institutions. Using this framework, the analysis finds that EU membership …

EU enlargement has stalled since the last member joined over ten years ago, marking the longest period without … enlargement in 2004 and employing a synthetic difference-in-difference estimator on regional data, we estimate that EU membership … additional economic benefits beyond simple trade unions, providing valuable lessons for future EU enlargement and regional …