ROMANIA – PART OF THE EU EASTERN FRONTIER: BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ITS NATIONAL INTEREST
ROMANIA – PART OF THE EU EASTERN FRONTIER: BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ITS NATIONAL INTEREST

Summary/Abstract: Once it acceded to the EU, Romania has acquired a new status and, with it, a new responsibility. Since 2007, this state is the land border of the EU’s Eastern frontier. Thus, among its national interests, we could mention ensuring its own national security by creating a regional high level of security. However, since the last enlargement round of the EU, its borders got closer to the Russian Federation. Russia continues to hold a monopoly on the European energy market and Romania, as EU member state, must rally to general decision of finding new supply routes. At bilateral level, relations between Bucharest and Moscow are far from producing security, as they have divergent points at the level of energy or missile defence shield.

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