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REZA, Germán A. de la. Global Crisis and European Integration: southeastern periphery perspectives. Argumentos (Méx.) [online]. 2012, vol.25, n.70, pp.61-78. ISSN 0187-5795.

This paper analyzes the effects of the global crisis on the Southeast Europe and its prospects for economic recovery. With that goal it has been structured into the following sections: The first section examines the region in its most important features, the second the convergence in living standards between the European Union and the region. From the third to the fifth it discusses the crisis in different ways and at last the feasibility of recovery policies proposed by various institutions. This work is part of the current that accepts the interdependence between the financial and the real economy recovery, but the first improves only if the second is well established.

Palavras-chave : European Union; global crisis; Southeast Europe; economic instability; EU enlargement.