Eastern Enlargement and Portugal

Tania Fernandes

No 188, Discussion Papers from VATT Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: The paper is structured in two parts. The first one analyses the proposals of the European Commission concerning the reform of the European Union policies and the Eastern enlargement, set out in Agenda 2000. The second addresses the impacts of the Eastern enlargement to Portugal. The paper reviews the standard argument against the Eastern enlargement and presents evidence that an once and for all enlargement of all the ten Central and Eastern European Countries that applied for EU membership is unlikely to occur. The paper overlooks the competitive pressures the Eastern enlargement implies and provides indication that it is essentially a political process.

Keywords: Eastern enlargement, Agenda 2000, European Union, Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs), Portugal, Macroeconomic policy, Talouspolitiikka, International comparisons, Kansainväliset vertailut, Taxation and Social Transfers, Julkisen talouden rahoitus ja tulonsiirrot, E600 - Macroeconomic Policy Formation; Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance; Macroeconomic Policy; General Outlook: General, F020 - International Economic Order; Noneconomic International Organizations; Economic Integration and Globalization: General, F360 - Financial Aspects of Economic Integration, H610 - National Budget; Budget Systems, (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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