[eng] The forthcoming enlargement of the European Union (EU) to Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) will, in many respects, constitute an unprecedented move : no such an increase in size has taken place since Denmark, Ireland and the UK joined in 1972 ; moreover, CEECs' economies all...

[fre] La Commission européenne a présenté dans un document intitulé « Agenda 2000 » les grandes orientations qu'elle propose pour les principales politiques communes et la programmation budgétaire associée sur la période 2000-2006. L'accueil des nouveaux membres est-européens figure en...

The current globalization process contrasts with the first globalization, in the second half of the XIXth century, with respect to international flows of production factors and to monetary arrangements: during the first globalization, Great Britain, the then dominant power, was a high saving,...