Economic Integration, Legitimacy and European Union Enlargement

The enlargement of the European Union generates socio-economic costs and benefits for the citizens of new members and as such it is bound to affect their perceived legitimacy of the whole enterprise. The legitimacy of EU accession is likely to be enhanced by the inclusion of compensatory transfers a...

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Autor: Kyriacou, Andreas P.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2004
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/17640
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/17640
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Unió Europea -- Adhesió
European Union -- Membership
Europa -- Integració econòmica
Europe -- Economic integration
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Sumario:The enlargement of the European Union generates socio-economic costs and benefits for the citizens of new members and as such it is bound to affect their perceived legitimacy of the whole enterprise. The legitimacy of EU accession is likely to be enhanced by the inclusion of compensatory transfers and transition periods in the terms of accession, by the perception that EU membership represents the most favorable terms of exchange available and by the linking of accession to a sustained period of economic growth, a favorable movement in prices, improving relative incomes and the consolidation of a level playing field across new members