Abstract
This chapter deals with the problems of cross-border cooperation and regional development at the eastern boundary of the European Union, particularly in the area of the German-Polish border region. It concentrates on the particular cross-border mode of growth which might develop in the context of regional economic restructuring in Eastern Central Europe. On the Polish side of the border region an expansion of low-wage export-processing industries is frequently expected as a result of Western firms’ strategies to relocate production activities to low wage areas. A ‘special economic zone’ (SEZ) for attracting foreign investments has been set up on the Polish side of the border area in 1997. However, Western firms’ strategies for opening up new markets in Poland are ‘leapfrogging’ the border region and lead to a pattern of cross-border Interaction which favours the large conurbation areas of the neighbouring country. Thus we have to distinguish different scales of cross-border economic interaction, and we should be aware of the emerging variety of cross-border modes of development in Central Europe, In this context, the outcome of current attempts to reposition the German-Polish border region in the new Europe’s expanded economic space is still open.
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