Accession Twenty Years On – Experiences, Expectations and Effects on the European Union: Introductory Remarks

This introduction summarizes the pathways up to and the experience of membership of the European Union of five recent member countries: Hungary, Romania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia, all of which acceded in 2004 or, in the case of, Romania, in 2007. Key economic and domestic political development...

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Main Author: Inotai András
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Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2023-09-01
Series:Comparative Southeast European Studies
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/soeu-2023-2001
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spelling doaj-art-99d524c888564241a90a1d8a8a5087102025-08-20T02:42:59ZengDe GruyterComparative Southeast European Studies2701-81992701-82022023-09-0171326527110.1515/soeu-2023-2001Accession Twenty Years On – Experiences, Expectations and Effects on the European Union: Introductory RemarksInotai András0Emeritus in Economics, Budapest, HungaryThis introduction summarizes the pathways up to and the experience of membership of the European Union of five recent member countries: Hungary, Romania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia, all of which acceded in 2004 or, in the case of, Romania, in 2007. Key economic and domestic political developments as well as changes in public attitude to European integration are addressed using a comparative pattern; in addition, future research priorities are outlined in the hope of encouraging further academic and policy-oriented study both in the respective member countries and on the European scale.https://doi.org/10.1515/soeu-2023-2001european unionnew member statespre-accession preparationimpact of eu membershipeconomic and political developmentsfuture of the european integration
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Accession Twenty Years On – Experiences, Expectations and Effects on the European Union: Introductory Remarks
Comparative Southeast European Studies
european union
new member states
pre-accession preparation
impact of eu membership
economic and political developments
future of the european integration
title Accession Twenty Years On – Experiences, Expectations and Effects on the European Union: Introductory Remarks
title_full Accession Twenty Years On – Experiences, Expectations and Effects on the European Union: Introductory Remarks
title_fullStr Accession Twenty Years On – Experiences, Expectations and Effects on the European Union: Introductory Remarks
title_full_unstemmed Accession Twenty Years On – Experiences, Expectations and Effects on the European Union: Introductory Remarks
title_short Accession Twenty Years On – Experiences, Expectations and Effects on the European Union: Introductory Remarks
title_sort accession twenty years on experiences expectations and effects on the european union introductory remarks
topic european union
new member states
pre-accession preparation
impact of eu membership
economic and political developments
future of the european integration
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