The EU might seem too preoccupied with internal fiscal difficulties to think about enlargement at the moment. But for the companies that based their strategies around further European integration, building genuinely close ties between the markets of new and aspiring EU states - mainly in the Balkans region - and those of the core western European economies remains a priority.
Developing the infrastructure to support integrated markets, especially in transport, is a key part of this. And since the companies that have bet on increasing economic ties include several of Europe's leading banking groups, it is little wonder that they have continued to invest time and money into promoting infrastructure finance in the central and eastern Europe (CEE) region.
