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The article is a trial to reconsider possibilities of improvement of business cycle in the countries of the European Union in coming years. Starting point for analyses is to present some microeconomic parameters (dynamic of GDP, deficit/surplus of public finance sector, inflation rate, unemployment rate) on the basis of prognosis of the European Commission concerning further development of economic situation on territory of the European Union. Then, the article describes system determinants of business cycle in the countries of the European Union in the period of 2000-2005. The elaboration also presents particular elements that will be decided about long-term position of the European Union, enlarged after 1"' May 2004, in the world economic.(original abstract)