In this paper we intended to analyse the effects that the incorporation of the candidate states to the EU will have over their economies. As far as the EU has evolved towards a single market, we studied their foreign trade with the EU member states (intra and inter industrial trade). We also...

This technical report consists of five parts. The introduction presents the situation of water scarcity and drought in the Mediterranean region and the linkages between the water framework directive and water scarcity. In Chapter I, the definitions and assessments of the different phenomena are...

We analyse the role of foreign direct investment in the new acceding economies. The question to be answered is whether the new countries in EU may improve their positions in order to capture FDI flows from their comparative advantages and the southern European countries can worse their positions...