EU enlargement: How to reap the benefits

EU enlargement: How to reap the benefits

Opinion piece (Economic Trends)
Katinka Barysch
04 June 2004

The overall economic impact of EU enlargement is likely to remain small. The newcomers are tiny compared with the existing EU countries and most economic integration has already taken place. Much depends on the policies in the old and new member-states whether the EU as a whole reaps further benefits from enlargement.