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Argument: EU expansion costs jobs/wages in developed countries
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Markus Salzmann. "The social consequences of European Union expansion". World Socialist Website. 20 April 2004 - conditions in Western Europe will be adapted to those of the accession countries. Even more comprehensive attacks on wages and social standards will be demanded in order to remain “competitive.” At the beginning of the year, the Ifo Institute for Economic Research at Munich university proposed wages in East Germany should be cut, since after accession regional funds provided by Brussels would diminish and a rise in unemployment threatens.



