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Digitales Archiv ZBW – Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics digitales archiv ZBW – Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics Book Reflecting on Europe's (dis)order Provided in Cooperation with: Centre for European Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași This Version is available at: http://hdl.handle.net/11159/2487 Kontakt/Contact ZBW – Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft/Leibniz Information Centre for Economics Düsternbrooker Weg 120 24105 Kiel (Germany) E-Mail: [email protected] https://www.zbw.eu/econis-archiv/ Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen: Terms of use: Dieses Dokument darf zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken This document may be saved and copied for your personal und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden. Sie and scholarly purposes. 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Pinului, nr. 1A, tel./fax: (0232) 314947 http:// www.editura.uaic.ro e-mail: [email protected] Bogdan IBĂNESCU | Cristian ÎNCALȚĂRĂU | Ramona ȚIGĂNAȘU | Ciprian ALUPULUI (editors) REFLECTING ON EUROPE’S (DIS)ORDER: SCENARIOS FOR THE EU’S FUTURE EURINT 2018 EURINT CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS May 18-19, 2018 EDITURA UNIVERSITĂŢII „ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA” IAŞI 2018 CONTENT FOREWORD 7 EU CITIZENSHIP AND IDENTITY 9 Valeriu DECIU RETHINKING CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE’S IDENTITY: CULTURAL PLURALISM AND MULTICULTURALISM VERSUS THE RISE OF 27 NATIONALISM Oleh KOZACHUK THE ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN PROMOTING INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS OF CEE COUNTRIES. A PANEL DATA APPROACH 44 Valentina Diana RUSU, Mihaela Brîndușa TUDOSE HOW CAN WE CREATE VALUE FROM ENTERPRISE CONCENTRATIONS? A META-ANALYSIS OF THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE ON M&AS IN THE 63 EUROPEAN UNION George Marian AEVOAE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, ANIMOSITY AND BRAND PERCEPTION 88 Adriana MANOLICĂ, Teodora ROMAN, Gabriel-Nicolae PĂDURARU THE TWOFOLD (INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL) DIMENSION OF EUROPEAN UNION’S MIGRATION AND ASYLUM POLICIES: RECENT CASES AND 103 FUTURE SCENARIOS Alfredo RIZZO THE IMPACT OF EASTERN EUROPEAN CULTURE ON THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE 120 R.M. Ammar ZAHID, Aurelia ILIEȘ RETHINKING EUROPEAN NEIGHBORHOOD POLICY: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 136 Grigore VASILESCU, Cristina MORARI FEATURES OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DECENTRALIZATION PROCESSES IN UKRAINE WITH THE SUPPORT OF EU FOUNDS AND 146 INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS Sergii BOSTAN THE FUTURE OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS FOR A SOLID CONSTRUCTION 162 Cristina DUHNEA, Silvia GHIȚĂ-MITRESCU, Andreea-Daniela MORARU EVALUATION OF THE LEVEL OF MOLDOVA’S ECONOMIC SECURITY IN THE PROCESS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION 182 Corneliu MUNTEANU REASSESSING EU-JAPAN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: EU’S ENGAGEMENT IN ASIAN SECURITY AND JAPAN’S PROACTIVE PACIFISM 199 Cornelia Alexandra LINCAN THE UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME AS A POTENTIAL INNOVATIVE TOOL FOR REFORMING THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION. 213 PROS AND CONS Georgeta GHEBREA NO LANDS’ PEOPLE: IDENTITIES AND ATTITUDES OF MIGRANTS ORIGINATING FROM POST-SOVIET “FROZEN CONFLICT” AREAS 228 Dorin DUSCIAC, Clément BALOGE, Roman URSU MEMBER STATES’ REGULATORY AUTONOMY IN HEALTH SERVICES WITHIN THE INTERNAL MARKET: THE IMPACT OF THE EUROPEAN LAW 246 Olesea PLOTNIC, Elena CIOCHINA BREXIT AND THE INTERNATIONAL LAW ON TREATY WITHDRAWAL 257 Carmen MOLDOVAN PARTICULAR ASPECTS OF CONSUMER PROFILE OF THE PUBLIC GOODS GENERATED IN A REGION WITH EXTENSIVE AGRICULTURAL 272 ACTIVITIES: THE CASE OF DORNA VALLEY AREA OF ROMANIA Costică MIHAI, Mariana HATMANU CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AS AN ENHANCING FACTOR FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN EUROPEAN UNION 289 Sorin MAZILU ANALYSIS OF SENTIMENT INDICATOR FOR THE EURO AREA (19 COUNTRIES) UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF FOUR MANAGEMENT 302 INDICATORS USING GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION Margareta ILIE REFLECTING ON EUROPE’S (DIS)ORDER: SCENARIOS FOR THE EU’S FUTURE | EURINT 2018 FOREWORD During the last year, the European Union has faced unprecedented challenges (Brexit, the rise of populism, the devaluation of EU-USA relations) which have represented both a test and an alarm sign for future threats. These challenges have shifted the ordinary political and economic paradigms and have created a new state of affairs for the EU, as well as for its partners. Therefore, new policies are required to help address the urgent economic, political and social challenges. Current strategies are being questioned while new perspectives of the European and global economy are emerging. During his State of the Union Address on 13 September 2017, President Jean-Claude Juncker signalled the opportunity for broader reforms in the European Union, in order to reach a More United, Stronger and More Democratic Union. An imperative necessity to re- evaluate the aspects of European policies is observed all across the EU, while, at the same time, this observation process has to take place in relation to the national and international economic dynamics. While the importance of academic research is well recognised, the transposition of the results from the academia to the regional, national, or European policies requires involvement and mutual cooperation. The organisers of EURINT 2018 believe that bringing together a wide and diversified audience from the academia, policy makers, and practitioners will engage the participants in fruitful debate, and facilitate mutual understanding. As such, the goal of the EURINT 2018 Conference was to bring additional insights and also to come up with valuable ideas which could contribute to a reassessment of the European policies. By providing updates on the state-of-the-art methodological approaches, the conference offered the opportunity to rethink and define new strategic directions for the European Union. While covering the European Union as a whole, the conference was particularly focused on the Central and Eastern European space (including the Eastern Partnership states and Russia) and will allow hands-on exchange of ideas and experiences. The conference comprised lectures delivered by international academic experts, followed by round tables with stakeholders who are not necessarily involved in the academic field – policy-makers, civil society activists, and professionals – which addressed specific topics on Cross-Border Cooperation. The present volume is a timely and important contribution to the field of European Studies and we believe it will be of key interest to scholars, students and policy-makers alike, specialized in the fields of International Relations, Political Science, Economics, etc. Editorial team REFLECTING ON EUROPE’S (DIS)ORDER: SCENARIOS FOR THE EU’S FUTURE | EURINT 2018 EU CITIZENSHIP AND IDENTITY Valeriu DECIU* Abstract Is there a possibility to harmonize the EU policy concerning migration since many people feel threatened in their most prized personal security, their national and European identity? Most probably not for the moment. Is it possible to mitigate the general anxiety so that European peoples can build confidence over time concerning newcomers? Some believe it is possible. One way would be a strong political will to enforce jus soli over jus sanguini, in several stages. As a first stage, we may consider a precursory statute to citizenship, a temporary and conditional one, to whom we should gradually attach rights depending on individual merits achieved in time and which may eventually lead to obtaining the full citizenship statute. Through the agency of this statute, we can build a legitimate framework for gradual integration, based on clear norms and criteria, allowing the migrant to gain access to fundamental rights. Whether such frame protects the migrant from institutional violence or not depends on how he or she is finally perceived by the local community. Before that, we should discuss the migrant’s statute as well as the right to settle in EU, achieve rights and obligations in direct ratio with his new statute. The aim of this article is to identify how social identity is formed for the new migrants by reference to their ethnical roots and identity markers of the host nation from EU, while its purpose is to propose a way to convert this newly acquired identity into a limited and conditional citizenship. Keywords: citizenship, identity, integration, migrant statute, migration policy Introduction When we consider European citizenship and identity, three standpoints come to mind. First is the European history, mirrored in particular social behaviour. We see an affiliation to European citizenship and identity substantiated by shared cultural, racial, religious, and societal values. The extent to
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