Ten Years After the Accession of Central and Eastern Europe Countries in the EU: Evaluation in Comparison to the Transition in Former Soviet Republic

• Autorzy: Pasquale Tridico

Warianty tytułu

Dziesięć lat po przystąpieniu krajów centralnej i wschodniej Europy do Unii Europejskiej: porównanie z przemianami w byłym Związku Radzieckim

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This paper deals with the process which happened in ten countries, former communist economies of Central and Eastern Europe (CEEC), which joined the European Union (EU) between 2004 and 2007. Recession was severe both in CEEC and in the former Soviet Republics (FSR) after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the dissolution of USSR in 1991. The transformation was very deep both from an economic and political perspective. However, I argue, during the transformation and the economic recovery CEEC were favored by EU conditionality and membership, while FSR were not involved this process. EU membership might have been the crucial factor which influenced the transition in CEEC and which determined better performance. Moreover, political transition (concerning civil rights, political liberties, and traditional liberal values) was more successful in CEEC than in FSR. In this respect, the role played by the EU, was crucial for New Member States.(original abstract)

Artykuł dotyczy procesu przystąpienia do Unii Europejskiej w latach 2004 i 2007 dziesięciu krajów Europy Środkowej i Wschodniej (CEEC), byłych gospodarek komunistycznych. Recesja, jaka dotknęła w wyniku transformacji zarówno gospodarki krajów Europy Środkowej i Wschodniej po upadku muru berlińskiego w 1989 r., jak i byłych republik radzieckich (FSR) po rozpadzie ZSRR w 1991 r., była bardzo głęboka z punktu widzenia gospodarczego i politycznego. Autor opracowania twierdzi, że kraje Europy Środkowej i Wschodniej były faworyzowane w okresie transformacji i ożywienia gospodarczego przez warunki ich członkostwa w UE, natomiast FSR nie były zainteresowane uczestnictwem w tym procesie. Bardzo prawdopodobne jest, że członkostwo w UE było istotnym czynnikiem, który wpłynął na proces transformacji w Europie Środkowej i Wschodniej oraz przyczynił się do wzrostu wydajności. Co więcej, zmiany polityczne (w zakresie praw obywatelskich, swobód politycznych i tradycyjnych wartości liberalnych) odniosły w CEEC większy sukces niż w FSR. W związku z tym rola, jaką odegrała UE, była kluczowa dla nowych państw członkowskich.(abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

EU enlargement; Institutions; Convergence

PL

Rozszerzenie UE; Instytucje; Konwergencja

• Czasopismo: Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
• Rocznik: 2015
• Numer: nr 380 Unia Europejska w 10 lat po największym rozszerzeniu
• Strony: 60--81

Twórcy

autor

Pasquale Tridico

• Roma Tre University

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DOI

10.15611/pn.2015.380.05