Item


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 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

Bristol University Press

Author: Kyriacou, Andreas P.
Date: 2020 February 15
Abstract: 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
Document access: http://hdl.handle.net/2072/372464
Language: eng
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Rights: Tots els drets reservats
Subject: Unió Europea -- Adhesió
European Union -- Membership
Europa -- Integració econòmica
Europe -- Economic integration
Title: Economic Integration, Legitimacy and European Union Enlargement
Type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Repository: Recercat

Subjects

Authors