"Ten Countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEECs) have applied for membership in the European Union (EU). The "EU Integration" network of research institutes in the ten CEECs was established by the World Bank and the Bertelsmann Foundation to provide a forum for exchanges on key economic, social, and political issues related to EU membership. This volume contains the papers presented at the first meeting of the EU integration network, as well as some background papers.

The papers seek to identify the main economic, social and political groups that would gain or lose from accession, and highlight the policy adjustments on the parts of both the EU and the CEECs to ease the accession process. The contributors include researchers from the ten CEECs, as well as from current EU member countries."--BOOK JACKET.