Rozszerzenie Unii Europejskiej na Wschód i jej perspektywy rozwoju
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1996, 1996
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Wydział Prawa i Administracji UAM
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The East-European enlargement and future perspectives of the European Union
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The first part of the article deals with questions concerning the oncoming enlargement of the
European Union by former eastern-bloc countries such as Poland, Hungary, the Czech and Slovakian
Republics, Romania, Bulgaria as well as Slovenia and the three Baltic states. It focuses upon
the "europe-Treaties" which the European Union has concluded or is going to conclude the countries
obove. The question being raised is whether these treaties can be regarded as sufficient
preparation for future membership in the European Union. The treaties' specific deficiencies, such
as the existence of a safeguard-clause, as well as the exclusion of a unitary competition right and
of the agrarian market are mentioned. The enormous differences between the GDP per capita of
the most advances Vysehrad-countries and least developed members of the European Union, as
well as the non-compatible structure of these countries' national economies are expected to cause
extraordinary problems of adjustment. Furthermore the question is raised if the option of further
integration without membership would not be a viable alternative for the oncoming 8 to 10 years.
The second part of the article deals with the future perspective of an enlarged Union. First the
specific three-structure of the Union is described; the Union being characterized as a "compound"
of supranational and intergovernmental elements. Questions concerning the oncoming reforms of
the institutions are raised. Furthermore, the article deals with the aspect of a guiding principle for
future political development of the Union. The Author concludes that the idea of a European State
cannot be regarded as a realistic perspective for the oncoming decades. The objective of a general
supranationalisation in the field of European cooperation would inevitably lead to a fundamental
conflict with the principles of democracy; this being due to the lack of a unitary European nation
as the sovereign and the subject of democracy. A mixed structural "compound" not unlike the
present three-pillared structure is therefore the only realistic alternative in the foreseeable furure.
Moreover the entire process of cooperation demands a stronger diversification in that not all
members have to participate in all fields of integration at the same time.
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Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny, 58, 1996, z. 4, s. 105-127