15 years of the Baltic States membership in EU: problems, perspectives and experience for Ukraine
Journal Title: Схід - Year 2018, Vol 158, Issue 6
Abstract
The article highlights the key provisions of the study of the results ofBaltic Statesmembership in the European Union. Analyzing the geopolitical dimension of European choice, the authors presented a brief discourse of the challenges that arose during the restoration of independence ofLatvia,LithuaniaandEstonia. The factors of the European choice of these countries, which consisted of security, economic and social dimensions, were considered. The security factor of the European vector of politics was actualized in the desire of political elites to withdraw countries from the sphere of influence ofRussia. In the economic view, countries sought reorientation of economies to Western markets and incorporation into the architecture of trade relations of developed countries of the European Union. It is noted that thanks to the Euro-Atlantic foreign policy vector and the strict fulfillment of the membership criteria, the Baltic States received access to preferential lending, assistance programs to candidate countries and managed to form one of the most attractive investment climate inEastern Europe. Using key statistical indicators of the World Bank, Eurostat resource, analytical materials from leading audit company KPMG, key economic indicators are analyzed: GDP (in PPP) dynamics compared to other countries of Central and Eastern Europe, wages and retirement benefits. The consideration of economic gains from EU membership is complemented by an analysis of the structure of GDP and the study of the industry specification. The losses from the process of European integration, which consisted of: significant reduction of industrial production, unprofitability of agriculture, emigration of the population aged 25 to 35 years, were also identified. The attitude of residents to EU membership has been studied using the results of the annual surveys of the European service "Eurobarometer". It was found that in 2018, the positive attitude of residents ofLatvia,LithuaniaandEstoniadid not actually change compared to 2004. The charts available in the article also allow us to determine that the level of euroskepticism in the countries in question has not significantly changed compared to the first year of membership in the EU. The authors propose algorithms for taking Ukraine into account the experience of the Baltic States on the path to full membership.
Authors and Affiliations
ŁUKASZ DONAJ, Vitaliy Zavadskyi
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP483912
- DOI 10.21847/1728-9343.2018.6(158).155047
- Views 156
- Downloads 0
The socially responsible activity management mechanism grounding
The enterprise socially responsible activities system of the needs the effective management mechanism. It has been proved the enterprise social responsibility policy should be included in the management strategy. Modern...
Stalingrad strategic defense operation (17.07 - 18.11.1942): expenses and prospects in operational commanding by tank war
Stalingrad was one of the main goals of the offensive of German troops and its allies on the Eastern front in summer- autumn 1942.This city was an important communication station and one of the main production centers of...
Cultural processes in Donbass region during the Second World War: historiographical discourse
The article is devoted to the discourse of historiography of cultural processes in the Donbass during the Second World War. The author analyzes the works of Soviet, Ukrainian and foreign historians on the topic. An essen...
CHRISTIAN ONTOLOGY OF PERSONALITY IN THE CONTEXT OF COMMUNICATION THEOLOGY
The paper analyzes the problem of Trinitarian theology in the light of the communication paradigm and clarifying the outlines of a new ontology of personality that grows from the phenomenon of communication. The author o...
Model of management system for promotion of industrial enterprise development
It is proved in the article that the vector of resource maintenance of the current activity of industrial enterprises and strategic measures of their development has changed from quantitative to qualitative, which causes...