The Eastern enlargement has raised wide concerns related to the potential economic and social effects on the older EU states. On this backdrop, the recent Italian legislation comprised in the ’security package’ and targeting Romanian migrants has gravely breached EU rights concerning free movement and residence. It has also illustrated in a somewhat extreme manner...
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As the financial crisis deepens in Romania, public expectations from the budget and the Government’s measures package remain high, but options remain limited. While some of the fiscal instruments proposed worldwide could arguably have benefic impacts on the Romanian economy if they could only be properly implemented, our budgetary sector is now constrained to adopt...
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This study analyzes why the presence of economic policy on rural development is justifiable and the recommendable modes of intervention from the perspective of rural area needs and diversification opportunities of the rural economy in the European context. This reflection on the role of economic policy in rural change and the structure of the paper...
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This article explores recent developments in the strategies of the extreme right in Europe, looking at the relationship between the notions of ‘Europe’ and ‘nation’ in the ideologies of two parties of the extreme right: the Partidul România Mare (PRM) in Romania and the Vlaams Belang (VB) in...
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This article deals with the heated debate in Bulgaria on restoring a monarchy that in the pre-Communist past was seen as a major obstacle to constitutionalism and democracy. It will examine the evolution and outcome of this divisive constitutional issue fragmenting Bulgaria’s political consensus during the painfully long transition. This article will also address the...
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