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Soros tells EU to step up support for eastern states
In an interview with EUobserver on Thursday (12 November), he also called on the EU to develop a dedicated strategy to alleviate the difficulties faced by the region's Roma population.
"Europe has a responsibility because the financial system of eastern countries is in the hands of western banks. And that's what has infected eastern Europe," he said. "Europe has a responsibility to which it is not living up to."
The world-famous currency speculator and philanthropist points to the hardships currently endured by Latvian citizens, and argues their entry into euro area ahead of the current schedule would have a minimal impact on the common currency of the 16-member eurozone
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The EC has released a new report dated March 17, 2010, which assesses the stability and convergence programs of fourteen EU Member States, saying among all that "[R}eflecting the working of automatic stabilisers and discretionary stimulus measures ... to cope with the exceptional economic circumstances, a large majority of Member States is currently subject to the excessive deficit procedure..." Click here to continue reading..
The World Bank has released a new report on eve of 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall, focused on Emerging Europe and Central Asia. The report says structural reforms are now necessary to protect hard-won gains.
As Bulgaria is heading to a single party minority government in July 2009, EuPI has prepared a fact sheet with the longevity of governments, including type of govenment, in the new EU member states in CEE prior and after accession.
As Dominique de Villepin, head of an international advisory panel to Prime Minister Stanishev, will present a report “Bulgaria in the EU”, you can read EuPI/OSI-Sofia’s report “BULGARIA: The EU New Member States as Agenda Setters in the Enlarged European Union” in English here and a summary in Bulgarian here.
Michael Emerson (CEPS), discusses in a recent commentary the implications and responses to the economic crisis in Eastern Europe. He makes a strong case, inter alia, for quick opening of the Eurozone for the new member states as an adequate measure to curb the crisis. | |
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23.07.2009
“The Unfinished Business of the Fifth Enlargement Countries” analyzes the problems faced by the ten new member states after their accession to the EU in eleven policy areas including political development, the economy, the healthcare system and education.
EuPI has released a series of reports within the project "The EU New Member States as Agenda Setters in the Enlarged European Union", with the "Not Your Grandfather’s Eastern Bloc" comparative policy report.
EuPI has contributed to a major report on EU-Russia relations by ECFR's Mark Leonard and Nicu Popescu | |
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