ROMANIA FIVE YEARS AFTER THE EUROPEAN UNION ACCESSION. EXPECTATIONS AND REALITIES
ROMANIA FIVE YEARS AFTER THE EUROPEAN UNION ACCESSION. EXPECTATIONS AND REALITIES
Author(s): Petre DuţuSubject(s): Security and defense, EU-Approach / EU-Accession / EU-Development, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: accession; European Union; Romania; expectations; realities; European citizen; values; national interests;
Summary/Abstract: Romania’s accession to the European Union was long prepared and awaited by the country’s population, political class and governors. Five years after the accession, a brief summing-up of the expectances’ fulfilment can emphasize the reality of its benefits for all Romanian citizens. The reality of Romania’s integration is essentially different from the population, political class and governors’ expectances over the benefits of the EU Member State quality. There is a significant deviation between the expectations and the reality of social, economic, political, demographic and environmental results of the Romania’s integration in the European Union.
Journal: Strategic Impact
- Issue Year: 2012
- Issue No: 44
- Page Range: 123-131
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English
