The Lisbon Treaty that became valid on December, 1st 2009, represents a basic juridical document for the future of the European Union. By means of it, it is continued the reform process of the European construction started by the Amsterdam and Nice Treaty, it is accomplished the crossing of the...

According to the oficial Gateway to the European Union, the Lisbon Strategy “has proved its worth”. Since its relaunch in 2005, more than 6.5 million jobs have been created in Europe and unemployment has fallen to the lowest level recorded in the last 25 years. All these great achievements...

This paper examines the evolution of the EU's trade in services over the 2004-2008 period in comparison with its trade in goods. It aims to disentangle the main trends shaping the EU's services trade flows under the impact of increasing globalisation and the last two waves of EU enlargement....

After a presentation of new states accession to the European Union starting with the first wave of extension (from six to nine) up to the fourth wave of extension (from fifteen to twenty seven) communities accession weight is analyzed, revealing the accession requirements, pre-accession funds,...

This contribution deals with legal regulation of maintenance claims arising within the European Union. Within the European Union there were no unified conflict-of-law-rules for maintenance matters. The only regulation was the determination of jurisdiction and recognition and enforcement of...

The internal market for services, which are estimated to account for almost 70 per cent of the economic activity in the EU, is still rife with legal and administrative barriers to cross-border trade and investment. 

This paper is highlighting the different approaches on regional development from the point of view of economic growth theories and European integration effects, analysing the contribution of the European Union cohesion policy to the economic growth of the cohesion countries and to reducing the...

In this article I have tried to make a short presentation of the Euro Zone and it’s monetary policy. At the present moment the Euro Zone has 16 countries that have adopted the Euro as a national currency and also 4 small countries that have monetary agreements with their neighbours. The...

According with the White Charter of Romanian SME-s 2007, Romanian integration in European Union was considered a great opportunity for the 46,67% of SME-s, just 9,18% of SME-s consider it like a major threatening. Romanian integration in European Union gave us much benefits and big...

The article is putting before the reader the main aspects concerning the economic and financial international evolution. The progressive relation between the two major currencies, i.e. the U.S. dollar and the Euro, is to be considered as a starting point. The analysis is carried out within the...