Europeiska kommissionen

Här nedan hittar du en rad studier om resultaten av 2004 års utvidgning och om vilka effekter det har haft för EU:s invånare. Mer information kommer att läggas ut de närmaste månaderna.

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Allmänna studier

Five Years of an Enlarged EU - Economic achievements and challenges, European Economy 1/2009 According to the analysis of the European Commission, the 2004/07 enlargement has been an overall success for the EU and its citizens. It has contributed to significant improvements of living standards in new member countries, to modernisation of their economies and to more stabilised institutions and laws. It has created new investment and export opportunities for enterprises in the older member states. The EU as a whole has benefited whole from increased trade between members and has at the same time become more competitive. The full text in English is available [2 MB] . Commission communication: Five years of an enlarged EU – Economic achievements and challenges [52 KB] . February 2009

Enlargement, two years after: an economic evaluation by the Bureau of European Policy Advisers and the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Economy May 2006 Professor Helen Wallace: Adapting to Enlargement of the European Union: Institutional Practice since May 2004 [129 KB] , TEPSA, November 2007

Nationella studier

• Lietuvos Integracijos. Es Poveikio Lietuvos Ekonomikai 2002-2006 Metais (Ex-Post) Vertinimas [858 KB]
• Rapport Travail et Cohésion sociale [2 MB] (Luxemburg), STATEC
• Freedom of Movement for Workers from Central and Eastern Europe [540 KB] (Sweden), www.sieps.se
• Die neue Europäische Union : im vitalen Interesse Deutschlands? [3 MB] (Germany), Karl Weiss
• Pour une politique d'immigration et d'intégration active [150 KB] (Luxemburg), Conseil Economique et Social
• EU enlargement and migration:Assessing the macroeconomic impacts [483 KB]
• From the "European neighborhood" policy to a "New Ostpolitik" of the enlarged EU
• Four years of Poland’s membership in the EU, Balance of socio-economic benefits and costs (1st May 2004 — 1st May 2008) [3 MB]

Exempel från den nya EU-vardagen

• Doing justice to Europe: taking evidence in civil and commercial matters in Slovenia.
• Europe at heart: Lithuania and the EU offer better chances for people with cardiovascular disease.
• Getting to know you: students from the new Member States.
• Safer for all Europeans on the move: improving road safety in Lithuania.
• Improving road safety for children: the Czech Republic and Latvia at the top of the class!
• Another star for the EURO: Slovenia becomes the first of the new Member States to adopt the EU's common currency.
• Fighting faceless enemies: the new Member States join the EU's efforts to make the Internet safer for children.
• Strength in numbers: new Member States enhance police cooperation in the EU.
• Securing jobs and opening markets: German and Austrian firms doing business in Central and Eastern Europe