Towards a Europeanised Public Administration. Assessment of the pre-accession period
Towards a Europeanised Public Administration

Summary/Abstract: With less than one month before becoming a full member of the European Union, Romania is very close to reaching the end of a process that lasted more than a decade. However, joining the European Union is not only a final point, it is at the same time a beginning: the beginning of a new process, that of adapting to the institutional framework of the EU and becoming an integral part of its policy-making system. Public administration reform has been on the agenda of Romanian Governments since the late 1990’s. The pressure coming from the EU has led to the establishment of a legislative and institutional framework compatible to that of the Western Member States. Is that enough to ensure the coherent functioning of Romanian central public administration and its interactions with the EU policy making mechanism? Can one speak of a genuine process of Europeanisation in this field, touching upon the essential features of the administrative capacity?

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