Since the signing of the Treaty of Paris, which set up the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) in 1951 and so far, things have progressed and the context has changed considerably. The evolution of the European project reveals the fragile foundations on which was build such a union,...

The international financial crisis has affected the new member States of the European Union as well, for which the convergence criteria represent the economic test of evaluation of a degree of economic preparation, in order to participate in the third stage of the Economic and Monetary Union....