The publication "Economic and Political Challenges of Acceding to the Euro area in the post-Lehman Brothers’ World" (Summary report and nine Country Reports) is a product of the Open Society Institute – Sofia within the European Policies Initiative (EuPI) and the project “Economic and Political Challenges of Acceding to the Euro area in the post-Lehman Brothers’ World”.  Your can learn more about the project here.

You can download the Summary Report and the nine Country Reports here:

 Summary Report 
 Bulgaria Report 
 Czech Republic Report 
 Estonia Report 
 Hungary Report 
 Latvia Report 
 Lithuania Report 
 Poland Report 
 Romania Report 
 Slovenia Report 

“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.

The project has been implemented through research and analysis, conducted by national experts in each of the ten countries according to a specially designed methodology. Ten country reports have been developed for each of the following new member states: Bulgaria, the Check Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. On the basis of these country reports a comparative analysis has been prepared. You can find more about the project  “The Unfinished Business of the Fifth Enlargement” here.

You can download the reports here:

 Comparaive report “The Unfinished Business of the Fifth Enlargement Countries” 

Country reports:

 Bulgaria 
 Czech Republic 
 Estonia 
 Hungary 
 Latvia 
 Lithuania 
 Poland 
 Romania 
 Slovakia 
 Slovenia 

A series of reports "The EU New Member States as Agenda Setters in the Enlarged European Union" look at the positions of the new Central and Eastern European EU Member States on a selected number of issues on the EU agenda in seven policy areas: economic issues, minority integration, energy and climate, common agriculture policy, foreign and security policy, justice and home affairs and institutional issues.

A comparative policy report, based on the ten country reports, was produced to highlight the project’s findings:

Not Your Grandfather’s Eastern Bloc: The EU New Member States as Agenda Setters in the Enlarged European Union 

Country reports: The EU New Member States as Agenda Setters in the Enlarged European Union

 Bulgaria Country Report 
 Czech Republic Country Report 
 Estonia Country Report 
 Hungary Country Report
 Latvia Country Report 
 Lithuania Country Report 
 Poland Country Report 
 Romania Country Report 
 Slovakia Country Report 
 Slovenia Country Report 

The publication is a product of the Open Society Institute – Sofia within the European Policies Initiative (EuPI) and the project “The EU New Member States as Agenda Setters in the Enlarged European Union”. This EuPI has been implemented in close partnership with EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, with project funding provided by the Open Society Institute – Sofia.

EuPI has contributed to a major report on EU-Russia relations. The report by Mark Leonard and Nicu Popescu of the European Council on Foreign Relations (www.ecfr.eu) is available here.