The Eastern Partnership

Tadeusz Kolodziej
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Tadeusz Kolodziej: Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University

Finante - provocarile viitorului (Finance - Challenges of the Future), 2014, vol. 1, issue 16, 16-35

Abstract: This article reveals the real goals of the Eastern Partnership. Consequently, it will be an attempt to prove that the legendary choice of Ukraine between Russia and the European Union is actually a zero-sum choice. On one side, ‘the European choice’ means modernization (i.e. westernization) of politics, economy, society at a huge - not only financial – expense, according to EU principles. The modernization shall lead to structural transformations an economy of I Industrial Revolution character (a raw material- and energy-consuming economy) towards modern economy. This will also entail social costs of reconstructing the mentality of a society (both of those ruling and ruled). On the other side, remaining under Russian influence means for Ukraine a continuation of the status quo, that is vegetating not requiring, nonetheless, neither new outlays nor new pains or sacrifices. Undoubtedly, the conscious choice of the first option demands a consensus of the nation and its leading elite.

Keywords: European Union; European neighbors; Russia; Ukraine; membership; acquis communautaire (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F14 F51 F53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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