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Prospects for the European Union: Borderless Europe? International Conference - 25−26 October, 2013 Editor | András Lőrincz Published by | Institute for Cultural Relations Policy Executive Publisher | Csilla Morauszki ICRP Geopolitika Kft., Gyöngyösi u. 45., Budapest http://culturalrelations.org [email protected] ISBN 978-615-5432-01-9 © ICRP 2014. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means: electronic, electrostatic, magnetic type, mechanical, photo- copying, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the copyright holders. ICRP INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PROSPECTS FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION: BORDERLESS EUROPE? BUDAPEST, 25–26 OCTOBER 2013 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Institute for Cultural Relations Policy PROSPECTS FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD ...................................................................................................................................... 5 SECTION I – ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION JOHN WRIEDEN – FREDERICK V. PERRY – WENDY GELMAN: Is there a way out of the euro? ..................................................................................................... 6 PÉTER KRISZTIÁN ZACHAR: The Danube Chambers of Commerce Association (DCCA) – a new international organisation to overcome the economic crisis and create well-being in the Danube basin ...................................................................................................................... 7 CARLOS SANTOS – MARIA ALBERTA OLIVEIRA: A model of the savings rate decline and of the euro zone crisis: The case of Portugal .................................................................................................................. 19 ULYANA PETRYNYAK – NATALIYA VOYTOVYCH: The investment policy in Ukraine as a factor of activation of foreign economic relations with the European Union ............................................................. 20 NATALIYA VOYTOVYCH: The importance of the processes of modelling the strategic planning in the EU .......................... 27 SECTION II – LEGAL AND SOCIETAL CHALLENGES IN EUROPE NICASIA PICCIANO: The European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo: A sui generis judicial agent. Lessons learned ............................................................................. 34 KRISZTINA KÁLLAI: Human Trafficking in the European Union ................................................................................. 68 RENATA RIBEŽL: The indigenous multiculturalism in European Union: Current situation and challenges for the future ........................................................................... 72 ADRIENN JOHANNA FEHÉR: Cultural pluralism in the EU: National or European identity? .................................................... 92 VIOLA VADÁSZ: Integration processes and sense of belonging: Iranian immigrants in Sweden and Hungary ............................................................................... 97 GEORGIANA TURCULET: Transnational migration and democratic states borders ............................................................. 99 3 Institute for Cultural Relations Policy PROSPECTS FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION SECTION III – NEW HORIZONS: THE EU AS A GLOBAL POWER ZAHO GOLEMI – BERNARD ZOTAJ: Globalisation and global power ............................................................................................... 117 HA HAI HOANG: The EU’s normative power in development policy practiced in developing countries ................................................................................... 119 OLEKSANDR MOSKALENKO: Balancing as a dynamic method to tune the EU institutional machinery ................................... 143 GRANIT ZELA: The journey of “Balkans” and “Western Balkans”, towards “Southeastern Europe” after the Cold War ................................................................. 144 EDIT LŐRINCZNÉ BENCZE: Ten years after Thessaloniki ..................................................................................................... 145 ÁGNES VÁRADI: Facilitating the persecution of rights in the European Union (New tendencies towards a better access to justice) .................................................................. 160 VIKTOR MILANOV: Macedonia’s prospects of joining the European Union in the near future ................................. 170 SECTION IV – BEYOND THE EUROPEAN UNION DONILA PIPA: European integration process: yesterday and today .................................................................. 181 SÎNZIANA PREDA: Modernisation, mobility and ethnicity ...................................................................................... 182 SIMONA GRIBULYTE: A multilevel and multidimensional analysis of the rights and duties of the European citizenship ...................................................................... 183 SCOTT NICHOLAS ROMANIUK: Facing “Frenemy” Fire: The South Caucasus between EU and Russia Security Interests ................................................................................ 185 ADRIANA CUPCEA: Turkish and Tatar identity in Dobrudja region, Romania .......................................................... 186 MARIANN MISKOVICS: The tendency of crimes committed with tools in Hungary .......................................................... 187 4 Institute for Cultural Relations Policy PROSPECTS FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION FOREWORD The third international conference organised by the Institute for Cultural Relations Policy (ICRP) was hosted by Kodolányi János University of Applied Sciences in October 2013. The keynote speakers of the event included diplomats, politicians, academics as well as representatives of the Hungarian Government. During the two days of the conference more than 20 speakers held their presentation. The lectures and presentations of the “Prospects for the European Union: Borderless Europe” conference have certainly broadened its audience’s knowledge about the institutions of the European Union, migration and accession policies as well as politics, economic policies and minority issues. Among the speakers were prof. Péter Balázs (former Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and former European Commissioner holding the Regional Policy portfolio), prof. György Schöpflin (member of the European Parliament, member in the Parliament's Constitutional Affairs Committee and Foreign Affairs Committee), H.E. Dr. Gordan Grlić Radman (Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia to Hungary), Dr. László Dux (Director, Department for European Union Justice and Home Affairs and Enlargement, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hungary), CSc. Dr. habil. Gyöngyvér Hervainé Szabó (Scientific Director of Kodolányi János University of Applied Sciences) and Martina Maczalova (EU Regional Coordinator of OCEANS Network). Through their lectures the participants were introduced to various approaches, notions and theories as well as practices regarding different researches on the future of the European Union, while the high quality presentations of guest speakers proved how diverse thoughts are in connection the prospect of the EU. Therefore, we are grateful to all participants for their contributions to the conference, wishing success to the presenters in their future researches, and hoping that the conference proceedings and the interviews made with the keynote speakers will serve as resources for researchers as well as for a wider audience. Finally, the editor would like to thank the members of ICRP Advisory Board for assistance and the sponsors for supporting the event and the proceedings. This proceedings is issued on the responsibility of the Chief Executive Officer of ICRP Geopolitika Kft. Views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Institution or its members. ICRP website | culturalrelations.org Conference website | http://culturalrelations.org/Pages/borderless_europe.html 5 Institute for Cultural Relations Policy PROSPECTS FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION SECTION I ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION IS THERE A WAY OUT OF THE EURO? John Wrieden, J.D. Distinguished Lecturer, Adjunct Professor, Florida International University [email protected] Co-authors: Frederick V. Perry and Wendy Gelman Key Words: financial crises, Europe, eurozone, European Union, international economic relations, capitalists & financiers, economics, research Abstract In 2012 the European monetary crisis continued to challenge the health and very existence of the Eurozone and also threatened to derail the very fragile world economy in its efforts to recover from the 2008 financial crisis. European leaders met repeatedly to cobble together rescue plans for Greece, Italy, and Spain. Though European leaders continue to publicly pledge that they will not allow any failure of the EMU. Other observers have questioned whether the European monetary union in its current form and current membership will survive into the future. The prospects for 2013 and beyond do not look much better. The Nobel Peace Prize Committee has stated that: “The Union and its forerunners have for over six decades contributed to the advancements of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe. The EU is currently undergoing grave economic difficulties and considerable social unrest. The stabilizing part played by the EU has helped to transform most of Europe from a continent of war to a continent of peace”. The world famous investor, philanthropist

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