The paper considers the state of the ENP policy in the framework of the present institutional impasse of the EU. Even if the Lisbon Treaty enters in force, an acceptable functioning of a EU with 27 members can hardly be compatible with the permanence of the unanimity vote for the most important...

The substitution of private for public entrepreneurship is a crucial aspect of the process of transition. While output and employment in the overextended and overmanned state sector decrease, it is crucial for the success of transition that private entrepreneurship builds up, increasing...

Der Verfasser setzt sich mit Auswirkungen des Privatisierungsprozesses in den Transformationsökonomien Mittel- und Osteuropas auf die Vermögensverteilung auseinander. Er zeigt, daß Privatvermögen und Ungleichheiten in der Vermögensverteilung auch dann steigen, wenn staatliches Eigentum zu...

The substitution of private for public entrepreneurship is a crucial aspect of the process of transition. While output and employment in the overextended and overmanned state sector decrease, it is crucial for the success of transition that private entrepreneurship builds up, increasing...