By Helen Tang
The Czech capital industry has now not performed a tremendous position within the improvement of the Czech economic system to date. at the different hand... it's been used and sometimes abused as a device of wealth redistribution within the CR [Czech Republic], and has prompted the result of winners and losers of the transformation method so far. Ten nations in valuable and jap eu (CEECs) have utilized for club within the ecu Union (EU). they can achieve from replacing classes of reports and top practices with one another as they deal with the typical set of demanding situations of their education for ecu accession. The 'EU Integration' community of study institutes within the ten CEECs offers a priceless discussion board for such exchanges on key financial, social and political concerns on the topic of european club. This quantity includes the papers provided on the first assembly of the european integration community, in addition to a few historical past papers. The papers search to spot the most financial, social and political teams that may achieve or lose from accession, and spotlight the coverage alterations at the components of either the european and the CEECs to ease the accession procedure. The participants comprise researchers from the 10 CEECs, in addition to from present european member countries.This e-book should be of curiosity ot examine associations, governments, and nongovernmental agencies.
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Third, as some of the losers of the transformation process already have disappeared or have started a new activity, in which they may become a winner, the economic, social, and political burden caused by the potential losers of accession may be less heavy. The Political Landscape All CE5 countries benefit from accession to the EU, in terms of external security and of stabilizing democracy and democratic institutions. It is particularly relevant for the Slovak Republic and for Slovenia, which have not become members of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Once a CE5 country is member of the EU and of the Common Agricultural Policy, resources from the community budget can only be made available if farmers register their production and income. It is an open question how a large portion of farmers will behave and what will be the EU’s position. Potential Effects on the Central European Free Trade Association (CEFTA) CEFTA plays a useful role, complementary to that of the EU, in regional cooperation. Accession to the EU will exert several influences on the future of CEFTA.
All activities that will receive larger EU funds after membership also may be winners, if the financial support helps to increase competitiveness and not to develop and strengthen the subsidy mentality. According to a Polish survey (probably also applicable to other CE5 countries), construction, highly specialized services in renovation of monuments, and exporting of cultural services also all will become winners. Tourism, retail trade, and repair, all obvious winners in the transformation, may remain winners only if they will be able to face harsher competition.
