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Economic consequences of the last european union enlargement
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Table of contents

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS. 3
INTRODUCTION. 4
1. Enlargement’s consequences. 6 1.1. Trade’s consequences. 7
1.1.1.The boost of the European economy. 7
1.1.2. Removal of tariff and non-tariff barriers. 8 1.2. Consequences on investments. 9
1.21. The Foreign direct investments amounts. 10
1.2.2. An estimation of the Foreign direct investments’ evolution. 11 1.3. Consequences on the work market. 13
1.3.1. The newcomers situation. 13
1.3.2. The European work market situation. 14
2. The French case study. 17 2.1. Impact of the UE enlargement on the French foreign trade. 17
2.1.1. A French commercial presence below its potential. 17
2.1.2. A significant potential growth of French exports towards the newcomers. 18
2.1.3. General strategy. 18 2.2. Parallel to the exchanges, the French investments have known a rapid development in the new Member States. 20
2.2.1. The French investments concentrated on Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary. 20 2.2.2. French investments will be very oriented towards the services. 21 2.3. Consequences of the European enlargement on the labour market. 21
2.3.1. Legal and Political criteria. 22
2.3.2.Economical criteria. 22
CONCLUSION 24
REFERENCES. 26 Books. 26 Reports: 26 Web sites: 27

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

* EEC: European Economic Community. * ECSC: European Coal and Steel Community. * EU: European Union. * EU15: The 15 countries member of the European Union before the last enlargement. * FDI: Foreign Direct Investment * GATT: General Agreement on Tariff and Trade. * GDP: Gross Domestic Product. * OEEC: Organisation for European Economic Cooperation. * NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement. * USA: United States of