Членството на България в ЕС: седем години по-късно
Bulgarian Membership in the EU: Seven Years Later

Author(s): Svetla Boneva
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Economy, National Economy, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: Bulgaria-EU Membership; Bulgarian Economy; EU Development; EU Integration; Bulgarian Membership
Summary/Abstract: Bulgaria concluded its seventh year of full EU membership at the beginning of 2014. This is a period long enough to review the successes and failures, expectations, disappointments, and attempts to stand and defend our interests in the Union. The paper analyses the first seven years of the Bulgarian membership in the EU considering the challenges brought by the economic and financial crisis, growing Euroscepticism and the revival of nationalist rhetoric. The second 7-year period of the Bulgarian membership is under the multiannual financial framework between the years of 2014-2020 which significantly decreased the budget for two key EU policies – the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the Cohesion Policy (CP). The author analyses the implications from the Bulgarian perspective and suggests that further efforts are needed to support country’s capacity to absorb EU funds through high-quality projects, transparency in the public procurement process and effective judiciary, public administration, more decisive steps for e-government.

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