CROSS-BORDER EMPLOYMENT IN EUROPEAN BORDER REGIONS: A SECURITY ISSUE OR A DAILY REALITY IN THE BIHOR – HAJDÚ BIHAR EUROREGION
CROSS-BORDER EMPLOYMENT IN EUROPEAN BORDER REGIONS: A SECURITY ISSUE OR A DAILY REALITY IN THE BIHOR – HAJDÚ BIHAR EUROREGION

Summary/Abstract: Through the EU enlargement, several socio-economic and political transformations took place, especially in the border areas. The main question in Central Europe related to the role of country borders is focused on the character of these borders. Are these borders separating or integrating? The main goal is to make Member States able to manage new regional development opportunities and handle potential tensions in border regions. All this can be achieved through comprehensive cooperation that transcend political, economic and cultural dividing lines and that address socio-economic disparities, political tensions and potential conflicts of interest. The new research perspectives contributed to the fact that borders are now largely understood to be multifaceted social institutions, rather than simple markers of state sovereignty. Geographic labour mobility within EU member countries – both in terms of trans-national migration as well as cross-border commuting – has remained at a relatively low level until now. Nowadays, labour mobility has an important role in border regions and in cross-border cooperation. Whereas much research activity has been devoted over the years to different kinds of migration, the other type of geographic labour mobility, cross-border commuting has been to a much lesser degree object of research studies. The paper explores the significance of the state border in the daily life of the borderlanders, the inhabitants from the Hungarian-Romanian border, focusing in details on data collected from the Bihor – Hajdú BiharEuroregion.

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