EUROPEAN ROMANIA TRIP IN THE 17 YEARS OF INTEGRATION
EUROPEAN ROMANIA TRIP IN THE 17 YEARS OF INTEGRATION

Summary/Abstract: This paper highlights a synthetic balance of the 17 years of European Romania, a period in which, we believe, Romania has learned to be one of the most active promoters of the continuation and deepening of the integration process in the great European family. From this perspective, we aim to highlight brief empirical observations on some of the most relevant dimensions (political, economic, social and security) that define this integration process. At the same time, the reference year marks a temporal “boundary” that, on the one hand, delimits pre- and post-pandemic Europe and, on the other hand, makes it a witness to a military conflict that is unacceptable and incomprehensible in this century. There are two new challenges that "test" the capacity for adaptation and European decision-making, but, above all, unity on the future of the community. We appreciate that the “Much more together” scenario - promoted by Jean Claude Juncker, in 2017, shows us that the commitments to the established political, economic, military and security priorities can only be achieved through complementarity and further deepening the accession process. So, we need a more united, stronger and more cooperative community, especially in the current context of insecurity on its eastern border.

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