Romania and The European Union
Romania and The European Union

Author: Dimitris Papadimitriou

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2008-03-26

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 1134191065

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This book explores the dynamics behind Romania’s relationship with the European Union from the collapse of the Ceaucescu regime in 1989, to its recent accession to the EU in 2007. As a completely up-to-date and detailed study, it identifies key developments in EU-Romania relations, as well as the challenges Romania faced in its efforts move from the margins of the European integration to EU membership. In so doing, the analysis contributes to wider debates about the dynamics underpinning EU enlargement. Moreover, the book reveals the consequences and limits of Europeanization. Romania and the European Union analyses: the impact of integration on the consolidation of democracy in Romania; the country’s economic development, in accordance with the EU’s Copenhagen criterion - the need for acceding states to possess a ‘functioning market economy’; the process of macroeconomic reform; the reform of its public administration; the country’s efforts in implementing the EU’s acquis in the areas of justice and home affairs –a focal point in the accession negotiations given Romania’s geographical location, and its vulnerability as a major transit point for illegal migration and trafficking into the EU – and securing its external borders; the EU’s role in promoting reform as well as the limits of EU influence the obstacles Romania has had to overcome in meeting the demanding pre-requisites of accession to the EU. This book identifies the EU’s role in promoting reform, but equally the limits of EU influence. It reveals the obstacles Romania has had to overcome in meeting the demanding pre-requisites of accession to the EU.

Priorities in negotiating Romania's accession to the European Union
Priorities in negotiating Romania's accession to the European Union

Author: Perju Genoveva

Publisher: Babelcube Inc.

Published: 2019-12-15

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1071525433

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Priorities in negotiating Romania's accession to the European Union by Prof. ec. Dr. Genoveva-Elena period Priorities in negotiating Romania's accession to the European Union The competitiveness of the Romanian exports has improved both as a result of the restructuring of the economy and the devaluation of the currency. The example of industrial production is illustrative. Production of the processing industry decreased by 8% in 1999 compared to 1998, its share in exports increasing from 30.7% to 35.1% and the export growth rate was 5.9%. The main effect was a reduction of the current account deficit. Overall, the current account deficit fluctuated, representing on average 5.2% of GDP. The budget deficit was difficult to control but it was achieved by applying the European Union's strictures. We can also talk about performance in terms of the level of external debt relative to the level of the external debt of the Union, which is at a higher level than other candidate countries. The labor market was affected by imbalances both in the ratio of the active and inactive population and in the employment rate. The population employed in agriculture owns about 40% of the total employed population. In addition, a large part of the population was affected by the poor (approximately 33.8%) population, especially in rural areas (40.5%). In such an internal and international framework marked by interdependencies with echoes internally from the Union or candidate countries, resolving divergent situations or removing obstacles to assuming obligations and arousing political will, the quality and experience of the negotiator can be considered decisive for further cooperation.

The EU and Romania
The EU and Romania

Author: David Phinnemore

Publisher: I.B. Tauris

Published: 2006-07-28

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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Explores and places in a wider context relations between Romania and the EU, and provides several perspectives on Romania's journey towards membership covering the historical context within which Romania took the 'road to the European Union'. This book is useful for academics, policy-makers, and those concerned with the future of Europe.

Blueprints, Red Tape, and Shades of Gray. The Chromatics of Romania’s accession to the European Union in economic and administrative perspective
Blueprints, Red Tape, and Shades of Gray. The Chromatics of Romania’s accession to the European Union in economic and administrative perspective

Author: Boris Kleemann

Publisher: GRIN Verlag

Published: 2009-10-13

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 3640444086

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Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 1,3, Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen (Department of Public Management & Governance), language: English, abstract: This study develops a perspective of ambivalent dynamics of institution building in EU applicant countries. The dissemination of institutional design differs in effect according to the sector which is being focused. For the case of Romania it is stated that, in the economic dimension, a neoliberal blueprint was diffused while in the politico-administrative dimension, the EU lacked both, a clear best-practice and strong instruments of enforcement. Treating the weakness of statehood as the dependent variable, in both sectors however, tendencies to the reinforcement of patrimonialist structures can be observed. Those forms of patrimonialism breed problems of corruption and a limited possibility to absorb EU funding. In each case there are cross-sectoral effects observable.

Romania's Accession to the European Union
Romania's Accession to the European Union

Author: Oana M. Oprean

Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing

Published: 2012-03

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9783846586716

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The Roma are one of the largest ethnic minority groups and, although they are scattered all over the world, there is a significant Roma population in the Eastern European country of Romania. In Romania, as in most other Eastern European countries, the Roma suffered discrimination, oppression and persecution. Life for the Roma was never easy; they had to deal with enslavement, persecution and discrimination during World War II and strong anti-Roma violent and oppressive regimes. This monograph traces the history of the Roma, from their origins in India to their flight across Western, Eastern and Central Europe. It also analyzes the impact of the European Union enlargement on the Roma. The fall of Communism and Romania's accession to the European Union brought hope to the Roma minority. The European Union placed the issue of minority rights on its agenda and demanded social change and rights for minorities from all of the countries applying for membership. Unfortunately, the European Union failed to follow through on its requests and this resulted in little to no change for the Roma.

The European Union's 2007 Enlargement
The European Union's 2007 Enlargement

Author: Cristina Chiva

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2024-10-14

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781032930596

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This book provides a wide range of in-depth historical and theoretical analyses of the Bulgarian and Romanian accessions to the European Union. It also assesses the implications of the 2007 round for future enlargements of the European Union. This book was published as a special issue of Perspectives on European Politics and Socie

Romania and the European Union
Romania and the European Union

Author: Tom Gallagher

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2013-07-19

Total Pages: 470

ISBN-13: 184779713X

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According to Tom Gallagher, Romania's predatory rulers, the heirs of the sinister communist dictator Ceausescu, have inflicted a humiliating defeat on the European Union. He argues convincingly that Brussels was tricked into offering full membership to this Balkan country in return for substantial reforms which its rulers now refuse to carry out. This book unmasks the failure of the EU to match its visionary promises of transforming Romania with the shabby reality. Benefiting from access to internal reports and leading figures involved in a decade of negotiations, it shows how Eurocrats were outwitted by unscrupulous local politicians who turned the EU's multi-level decision-making processes into a laughing-stock. The EU's famous 'soft power' turned out to be a mirage, as it was unable to summon up the willpower to insist that this key Balkan state embraced its standards of behaviour in the political and economic realms. The book unravels policy failures in the areas of justice, administrative and agricultural reform and shows how Romania moved backwards politically during the years of negotiations.