DOES EMU THREATEN EUROPEAN WELFARE ? Johannes Pakaslahti SOCIAL AND POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF ITS TRANSITIONAL STAGE IN EU MEMBER STATES
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research for publication on various aspects of European integration. He works as a special adviser on integration at the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. The views expressed in this report are the personal observations of the author and are not necessarily those of Observatoire social européen or the Finnish Ministry.
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