Europe from Exclusive Borders to Inclusive Frontiers: Case Study Romanian - Ukrainian Frontier

Mircea Brie (mirceabrie@gmail.com)

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: The approach of the European Union external border has been made on the one hand through an analysis of the concepts of external border from the point of view of official documents and the concepts introduced by authors and specialists in the field; on the other hand, it has been made through an attempt to seize certain types of symbolic and ideological borders. As far as the first category is concerned, resorting to documents and legal regulations of European institutions has been highly important. We have also paid attention to conceptual approaches on the border, as well as on the relation “inclusive – exclusive” border. The extention of the European Union favored the development of regional programmes designed to stimulate cross-border cooperation between Romania and Ukraine. The implementation of common policies established by the constitutive agreements of the Euroregions, and operational development of cross-border cooperation have led to the increase of contacts between Romanian and Ukrainian institutions. The European territorial cooperation at the European Union’s outer borders has two major components: Cohesion Policy and European Neighborhood Policy. Cohesion policy is designed to reduce disparities between regions and Member States of the European Union, between developed and less developed countries while the European Neighborhood Policy is a new approach in the relations between the EU and its neighbours, an approach that exceeds the traditional one based on cooperation. The frontiers represent the history’s after-effects. Europe’s diversity is considered a valuable characteristic which should be exploited and promoted. This diversity can be noticed in the social and cultural life of all the countries and regions from Europe. The concept of Euroregion, as well as the cooperation in the international system form imposed in the European area is based on the strength and collaboration of the civil society and the mutual economic and political interests. According to this concept, the future Europe can be understood not only as a Europe of states, but also as a Europe of Regions having economic, political and military interests at an international level.

Keywords: external border, European Union, exclusive borders, inclusive frontiers; cross-border cooperation; Romania; Ukraine; neighborhood policy; european instruments euroregions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F2 F5 J5 K33 N4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009, Revised 2010
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Published in Ioan Horga, Istvan Suli-Zakar (coord.), Cross-Border Partnersip with Spacial Regard to the Hungarian-Romanian-Ukrainian Tripartite Border (2010): pp. 23-36

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