Special report | A survey of European Union enlargement
The wealth effect
Joining the European Union will make the applicant countries richer, but not overnight
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THE cities of Central and Eastern Europe are full of Irish pubs. But it is not just drinkers hunched over their pints of Guinness who are dreaming of the Emerald Isle. In foreign and finance ministries too, a surprising refrain can be heard: “We want to be like Ireland.”
This article appeared in the Special report section of the print edition under the headline “The wealth effect”
From the May 19th 2001 edition
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