The EEA, which contains issues relating to the first pillar, would giv
e businesses in the applicant countries access to the Internal Market and youth and science the right to engage in exchange programmes, but, on the other hand, would not yet oblige the EU to extend their agricultural aid schemes to these countries. Thus, the EEA Agreement could act as a positive stimulus mainly to the economies of the applicant countries – they need growth to make their societies fit for accession – but also to the EU economy, as through economic growth we can reckon to cover as much as two thirds of the costs of enlargement, perhaps even more with the
...[+++] EEA model in place.
De ce fait le traité de l'EEE permettrait de donner une impulsion positive avant tout à l'économie des pays candidats - elles ont bien besoin de la croissance pour amener les sociétés respectives à remplir les conditions d'adhésion -, mais aussi à l'économie globale de l'UE, alors que, selon les estimations, la croissance économique devrait couvrir jusqu'à deux tiers des frais de l'élargissement ; peut-être même plus avec le modèle EEE.