5 December 2001 BRUSSELS, Belgium–The countries that are currently striving for membership in the European Union tend to focus on the biggest question mark regarding EU accession: When? But they often seem to forget about economic accession. Certainly, the latest progress reports from the European Commission have declared that almost all of them have a “functioning market economy” with a […]

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