The accession of ten candidate countries to the EU in May 2004 marks an important turning point in its history. To ensure a smooth course of this process a clear insight into the problems involved ...and issues at stake is needed. These can be classified into two main groups. The first is the problem of 'deepening' the process of integration in the Union, which in the first place means a viable process of decisionmaking and an expedient implementation of respective policies. The second is related with the challenges that the economic and monetary union is facing because of the new constellation of interests created by the accession of the newcomer countries. Conclusions follow. Reprinted by permission of the Croatian Economics Association
Pristupanje deset zemalja kandidata Europskoj uniji u svibnju 2004. godine obilježava važnu prekretnicu u povijesti. Kako bi se osigurao nesmetani tijek ovog procesa potreban je jasan uvid u probleme ...koje on uključuje. Oni se mogu svrstati u dvije glavne grupe. Prvi
je problem «produbljivanja» procesa integracije u Uniji, koji u prvom redu znači vitalan proces odlučivanja i svrsishodnu primjenu pojedinih politika. Drugi se odnosi na izazove s kojima se ekonomska i monetarna politika suočavaju zbog nove konstelacije interesa
izazvane pristupanjem novopridošlih zemalja. Zaključci slijede.
An examination of the works of Rudolf Bicanic shows that he was one of the most foresighted Croatian political thinkers of the interbellum period. His intellectual interests included demography, ...rural sociology, agrarian economics, planning, & external & domestic trade theory. Special attention is given to his analysis of why all attempts at economic liberalization under post-WWII socialism were doomed to failure. Many of his observations are still valid for Croatia even after independence in 1991. M. Meeks
