In the light of the current economic debt crisis within the Euro zone, the heterogeneity of EU members has becoming … economic integration with the other EU members. Despite the common use of the term "European integration", neither a uniform … integration are hard to quantify, thereby making it almost impossible to argue objectively whether an individual EU member state …

the welfare effects of the European countries. The first study presents a newly developed index – the EU Index – which … measures the extent of economic integration into the European Union for the EU-15 member states over the period 1999–2010. The …

-zelnen EU-Mitgliedsländern unterschiedlich stark ist. Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird daher ein Integrationsindex vorgestellt, der … den Integrationsgrad der einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten mit den übrigen EU-Partnern bestimmt und auch seine Veränderungen im … den Sub-indizes zeigt sich, dass die Rangordnung der EU-Staaten hinsichtlich ihrer Integrationstiefe zwischen den …

the paper analyzes different possible developments of selected common policies in the EU if enhanced cooperation is … practised by a sub-group of EU-members. Based on cluster analysis similarities and distinctions among the EU members with …

quantifiable. Moreover, it is hardly ever discussed that the level of integration varies greatly between the individual EU member … almost all of the analyzed countries, however. Additionally, the sub-indices show that the ranking of EU countries differs …