O EUROPĂ A REGIUNILOR – IDEALUL CREAT PE ILUZIA MITULUI ŞI PE AŞTEPTAREA REALITĂŢII
A EUROPE OF THE REGIONS - THE IDEAL CREATED BY THE ILLUSION OF MYTH AND EXPECTATION REALITY

Summary/Abstract: What started first as an experiment grew into an international power. This long planned ideea of the European Union proved to be a success of political and economical integration and a model for the world regions. In order to ensure its goals, carried out for many purposes including administrative efficiency, development, political gain or service effectiveness, the concept of regionalization has been seen, developed and experimented in order to create balanced economic territories, with areas and populations large enough to benefit residents and for a rational use of natural resources. Blamed for creating borders, limitations and having a confusing effect on citizens, regionalization is viewed critically, because they no longer belong to the country, they belong to some acronyms or numbers. It has been said to be the enforcement, by the governments, of the principle divide and conquer, disguised under the illusion of safety, prosperity and development, because there is no quantification to what extent member states` sovereignty is limited. Regionalization is often compared with the phenomenon of globalization, that created a world without borders, makes nations painfully aware of their limitations of their present instruments, and made politics meets its challenges. But globalization has a weakness that regionalization lacks, and that is the vulnerability of the states. Although the idea of regionalization has its roots deep in history and has undergone mutations over time, the evolution of regionalization is both confusing and unpredictable and the analysis of this concept could never be exhaustive.

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