In 1986, the two Iberian countries joined the European Communities after a protracted, over a decade long negotiations and in the Spanish case, a tense exchange of correspondence and opinions. While the existing literature accentuates primarily the value of democracy for Spanish membership,...

This paper analyzes the European integration of the Turkish industry in view of a comparative trade analysis of the Turkish economy and the EU economies. We perform a thorough depiction of the various aspects of the trade integration of Turkey, most notably in the fields of the trade patterns,...

Analyse der politischen und wirtschaftlichen Probleme und Aspekte einer ab 1995 möglichen Vollmitgliedschaft der Türkei in der EG und Bilanz des gegenwärtigen Stands der Beziehungen zwischen EG und Türkei. (DÜI-Iwe)

In his political Manifesto, the EESC President Oliver Röpke committed to opening the doors of the EESC to the candidate countries. In September 2023, the EESC took a landmark decision to involve representatives from the EU candidate countries' civil society in its advisory work. The...