Radu Simionescu

Romania After the 2007 European Union Enlargement: the Political Parties. the National Minorities. the Reforms Radu Simionescu

Given the magnitude of change which both the EU and the new Member States will have to cope with, the present work captures those aspects considered to be of major importance in the study of post-accession process, namely the political and legal. Using qualitative analysis and quantitative one, this paper addresses the key areas for the post- accession Romanian state, by dividing the analysis into three main parts: the political parties, the national minorities and the evolution of reforms after 2007. The paper is structured in 6 chapters, which in turn contain several subchapters. The aim of this book was to highlight the status of Romania in the European Union as a state from Central and Eastern Europe that was part of the last wave accession from January 1, 2007, and has relations with the European Union since the ?70s (the 1967 European Agreement on technical and sanitary standards for food products).