“The Danube Strategy” project: a new dimension of the EU’s policy
“The Danube Strategy” project: a new dimension of the EU’s policy

Summary/Abstract: Bearing in mind such initiatives as the Eastern Partnership of the European Union, the acceptance of the so-called Baltic Strategy in June 2009 and, finally, the plan of launching a similar strategy for the states located in the Danube Basin, it seems obvious that the EU chose a new way of conducting its regional policy. The author points out that nowadays it is a regional policy which might be the most crucial activity on which the EU is focused currently. The so-called macro-regional dimension of the EU’s regional policy is perceived as “a new added value” of the European territorial policy. “The Danube Strategy” project seems to be the most relevant example to confirm the above-mentioned thesis. Consequently, the article provides a couple of data regarding origin and history of cooperation of the Danube states and its current state. The author used mainly original contemporary sources as well as papers issued during the interwar period.

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