The Barcelona Process Revisited in the SBH Presidency
The Barcelona Process Revisited in the SBH Presidency

Author(s): István Szilágyi
Subject(s): EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Kossuth Kiadó Zt.
Summary/Abstract: Since the very start, European integration has borne the mark of imbalance in development, of inequality and diversity of interests. The European Union is a multi-faceted entity, a conglomerate linking several regions, zones, systems and countries to the notion that is Europe. It is a politically and legally constructed macro-region with a specific acquis communautaire crisscrossed by major faultlines in politics, the economy, society, culture, language and traditions. Distinctions may be made between the heartland composed of more affluent countries (Great Britain, France, Germany and the Benelux states); small and large states; developed, backwards and ultraperipherial regions; according to the terms of the Europe 2000+ Cooperation for European Territorial Development we may list North Sea regions, Centre Capitals, the Atlantic Arc, the Alpine Arc, the Continental Diagonal, New Lander, Mediterranean regions, Nordic countries,Central and Eastern Europe,South and East Mediterranean transnational regions, the group of the Cohesion countries; and states interested in strenghtening ties with Eastern Central Europe or the Mediterranean.

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