Direct investment in Central and Eastern Europe Union

The treaty providing for enlargement of the European Union (EU) to 10 new States was signed in Athens, on 16 April 2003, and is now undergoing ratification in the 25 countries involved. During these few months the former candidate countries find themselves in a kind of limbo: no longer candidates, but not yet full members. This is the ideal time to consider the foreseeable consequences of this change in status.