Looking to the Future: The Historical Acquis on Cooperation in Eastern Europe and the Black Sea as a Cornerstone for a Progressive-European Integration

Grigoris Zarotiadis

South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics, 2021, vol. 19, issue 1, 7-20

Abstract: The vision for a democratic, socially just and environmentally balanced Europe, the modern cradle of humanitarianism and peace, a vision that moved European people and spread the mood for European integration through the enlargement of the European Union (EU), fades away. The unfortunate coincidence of aggressive neoliberalism with neo-fascist socio-political retrogression, along with the gradual sharpening of the international systemic crisis in the sphere of the economy, requests a reorientation of the progressive vision for cooperation and prosperity.The historic acquis on socioeconomic cooperation and cultural linkages in Eastern Europe and the Black Sea could become the foundation for re-establishing the prospects of European Integration. The core-periphery approach has run its course, especially when the "core" is deteriorating. In the present paper, rather than arguing in favour of "Eastern enlargement", i.e., a structure with visible signs of relapse and breakdown, we discuss the usage of a regionally developed, effec-tive and progressive "Eastern partnership" that may become the cornerstone for a European restart.

Keywords: European vs community acquis; Eastern partnership and enlargement; progressive European integration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F53 O19 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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