Eastward Enlargement of the European Union

Contents: Marian Noga: Objectives of the European Union in the Light of the Lisbon Agenda - Gustav Dieckheuer/Marcel Mlakar/Ute Stemmann: Trade Creation and Trade Diversion by EU Enlargement with Special Reference to Poland - Boguslaw Fiedor/Andrzej Matysiak: Globalization and Integration of the World Economy and Eastward Enlargement of the European Union - Maria Piotrowska: Poland's Accession to the EU in the Macroeconomic Perspective - Eric Ringhut/Philipp Gerlach: Poland's Way to EMU - Prospects, Risks and Chances - Thomas Apolte: Social Policy and Income Redistribution between Harmonization and Competition in an Enlarged European Union - Jerzy Rymarczyk: Poland's Adjustment to the European Union Foreign Economic Policy - Irena Kociszewska/Karol Kociszewski: The Economic Conditions of the Polish Agriculture Ecologization in the Light of Adjustments towards EU-Membership - Bozena Baborska/Mikolaj Klimczak/Michal Narozny: Issues of Arable Land Acquisition by Foreigners and the Implementation of Common Agricultural Policy in Poland in the Course of Accession Negotiations - Franciszek Adamczuk/Jan Rymarczyk: Local Aspects of European Integration on the Example of Zgorzelec / Gorlitz Cross-Border Co Operation - Franciszek Adamczuk/Jan Rymarczyk: Transborder Cooperation in Europe based on the Example of Poland and Germany - Andrzej Graczyk/Zbigniew Jakubczyk Development of the Electrical Energy Market in Poland in Terms of European Integration - Eric C. Meyer: Decision Power in the European Council - The Impact of EU Enlargement - Aloys Prinz: The Value Added Tax (VAT) in the European Union: Concept, Development and some Problems.