Die Süderweiterung Der Europäischen Gemeinschaft

This paper summarizes the conclusions of a number of studies prepared in recent years by the German Development Institute (Berlin) on the structural implications of the Southern enlargement of the European Community for the acceeding countries as well as for the whole EEC. Reference is made to the problems arising generally from the internal and external impact of the changes in the structural equilibrium of the Community, defined in terms of increasing structural disparities within the EEC and growing inflexibility vis‐à‐vis the rest of the world. The implications for the Common Agricultural Policy and the industry are then discussed with special reference to the problem of the ‘sensitive’ industries. Arguments are presented in favour of the thesis that a new structural equilibrium can only be achieved through the improvement of production structures in the weaker regions of the Community and so through the gradual elimination of the intra‐Community development gap.