Europe's Greece evaluates Greece's European membership and finds that it has been largely successful. Despite its reputation as a southern laggard with very little improvement, Greece has behaved much like any other members of the EU, pushing its interests and stumbling upon the large issues that are associated with membership.

AKIS KALAITZIDIS is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Central Missouri, USA.

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