, 10 new member states entered the union, seven of which belonged to the former Eastern bloc. The new members have since … experienced astonishing growth rates, closing the large gap between them and the rest of the EU. The GDP growth rates were … consistently higher than those of the original members. Now, the EU must once again look east: the integration of the West Balkan …

The global economic and financial crisis has had an impact on the economies of the new Member States of the European … the new Member States, which had the highest current account deficits before the crisis, the adjustment has been … developments of the new Member States of the European Union (NMS), exacerbating or counterbalancing them. In this article, the …

This paper argues that some EU member states have been smart, or even dishonest. Splitting off capital cities from …

income distribution and wage polarization in the EU New Member States. We do not confirm the existence of job polarization in … impact of globalization on the labour markets in the EU New Member States than in other countries. However, it remains …We use the individual-level data on income and education level from the EU-SILC database to investigate the trends in …

income distribution and wage polarization in the EU New Member States. We do not confirm the existence of job polarization in … impact of globalization on the labour markets in the EU New Member States than in other countries. However, it remains …We use the individual-level data on income and education level from the EU-SILC database to investigate the trends in …

countries for euro adoption. The global financial and economic crisis had a relatively strong impact over most of the New Member …Due to the global financial and economic crisis, the analysis of the nominal convergence criteria fulfillment in the … New Member States of the European Union represents an important point in evaluating the level of readiness of these …

This paper examines the role of ERM II in the convergence effort of the new Member States, against the background of … past convergence experience and in the light of EU rules for economic and monetary policy. Key aspects of the mechanism are … analysis that ERM II rules are flexible enough to accommodate a number of new Member States’ exchange rate regimes and that …