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Macroeconomic and Fiscal Challenges During the EU Accession Prosess: An Overview

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At the end of 1997 five transition countries — the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovenia — were invited to start negotiations on their accession to the EU. In December 1999 five other countries — Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Slovakia joined the first group.

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Dąbrowski, M. (2001). Macroeconomic and Fiscal Challenges During the EU Accession Prosess: An Overview. In: Dabrowski, M., Rostowski, J. (eds) The Eastern Enlargement of the EU. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1709-2_1

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