The process of European integration can be described as the increasing interdependence between economies at different levels of development and with different productive capabilities. It evolved from a pre-eminently political project to a 'de-politicised' management based on the automatism of rules and on the assumption that market forces could promote convergence and harmonisation between and within countries.
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Celi et al. (2019) studied this question.