What can Countries in Central Europe Do for the European Project? Complete the Convergence

Year
2013
Type(s)
Author(s)
Indermit Gill, and Naotaka Sugawara
Source
VoxEU.org, February 1
Url
https://voxeu.org/article/central-european-reforms-beacon

Southern EU members are struggling with sluggish growth. This column argues that they should look to Central Europeans for inspiration. Central Europeans made remarkable progress – improving the efficiency of government spending and the business climate. Central Europeans could best support the European project by continuing to vigorously pursue convergence with richer EU members. What better way to reinvigorate Europe and restore confidence in the European economic model?