Study of spatial uniformity of sustainable development of the European Union before, during and after the economic crisis

The purpose of the paper is study of spatial uniformity in the field of sustainable development of European Union and geographical regions of Europe analyzed by the prism of EU countries located in this regions before, during and after the economic crisis from 2007–2008. Material and methods The analysis of similarities and differences between the EU Member States countries or in the case of geographic regions of Europe has been based on sustainable development indicators published by Eurostat. To the final set of diagnostic features, the 22 indicators have been selected. To study the spatial differentiation of sustainable development the taxonomic measure of development based on median vector Weber as well vector calculus were used. The impact of the economic crisis is particularly obvious in the Southern and Eastern European Union countries. The position of the Southern countries, that failed to cope with the world economic and financial crisis, deteriorated and they fell into the group at the lowest level of development. The results obtained in this study can be used in subsequent years to examine the direction of changes in sustainable development levels observed both from the point of view of the EU Member States and geographical regions.

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18. The Europeanization of National Economies?

The Member States of the European Union ◽

10.1093/hepl/9780198737391.003.0018 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 422-451

Author(s):

Vivien A. Schmidt

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Economic Crisis ◽

Member States ◽

Eu Member States ◽

Post War ◽

National Economies ◽

Political Economic ◽

The Impact ◽

European Union Member States ◽

The Eu

This chapter examines the impact of Europeanization upon the national economies of European Union member states. It considers how successful the EU has been in promoting its goal of building a single European economy out of the diverse national economies of its member states; how much convergence has occurred among EU member states, and how much divergence remains; and what impact the economic crisis beginning in 2008 has had on the EU and its member states. To answer these questions, the chapter traces the development of Europe’s national economies from the post-war period until today. It also analyses the impact of globalization and Europeanization on post-war varieties of capitalism before concluding with reflections on future patterns of political economic development in the EU in light of the economic crisis.

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17. The Europeanization of National Economies?

The Member States of the European Union ◽

10.1093/hepl/9780199544837.003.0017 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Vivien A. Schmidt

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Economic Crisis ◽

Member States ◽

Eu Member States ◽

Post War ◽

National Economies ◽

Political Economic ◽

The Impact ◽

European Union Member States ◽

The Eu

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Formation of the EU Development Index

Proceedings of the Latvia University of Agriculture ◽

10.2478/v10236-012-0012-3 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 29-37

Author(s):

Vladislavs Vesperis

Keyword(s):

Human Development ◽

Economic Crisis ◽

Human Development Index ◽

Economic Change ◽

Financial Economic ◽

Member States ◽

Development Index ◽

Eu Member States ◽

The Impact ◽

The Eu

Abstract In the context of the global financial-economic crisis it becomes important to find a stronger base for assessment of the socio-economic development and, in particular, search for better indicators. Therefore, the hypothesis is set that it is necessary to develop the EU Development Index, which will provide better assessment of an on-going socio-economic change. The objective of the article is to describe the EU Development Index calculation results and compare them with the Human Development Index values for each Member state of the EU. Ranking list of the EU Member States according to the Human Development Index values did not change substantially, suggesting that the Human Development Index inadequately responds to key socioenvironmental changes that occurred during the global financial economic crisis. At the same time, a number of countries show a sharp decline of the EU development index values, reflecting the impact of global economic crisis, while some countries with a high level of public debt and low confidence of the financial markets have remained in their positions by the both indexes in the year 2009. However, these countries most probably will be forced to make the considerable fiscal discipline measures, which inevitably will have an impact on GDP and income indicators in these countries, therefore their rankings in the coming years will deteriorate. Completely impartial assessment will be possible when countries with high debt levels will have balanced their budgets and economic growth will be based mostly on their own income and production instead of external cash flows and investment entering the country. It can be concluded that EU Development Index allows, in a more equitable fashion, to assess disparities of the EU Member States by development level and more rapidly reflect the rapid socio-economic change.

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The Member States of the European Union

10.1093/hepl/9780198737391.001.0001 ◽

2020 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Member State ◽

Individual Member ◽

Domestic Institutions ◽

The European Union ◽

Member States ◽

Geographical Regions ◽

State Relations ◽

The Impact ◽

The Eu

The Member States of the European Union combines a study of individual member states with an examination of the broader process of Europeanization. Examining both sides of this crucial relationship, this text provides a useful guide to EU member state relations. This third edition has been updated to summer 2019 and includes chapters on eight member states from different geographical regions and dates of accession. These are followed by seven thematic chapters on the Europeanization of structures, actors, and processes within the pre-Brexit EU 28. The Member States of the European Union helps understanding the influence of Member States in the EU but also the impact the EU has on the domestic institutions, politics, and policies of each member state.

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REAL CONVERGENCE AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION WITH FOCUS ON THE NEW MEMBER STATES

Scientific Annals of Economics and Business ◽

10.47743/saeb-2019-0035 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 215-228 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ovidiu Stoica ◽

Angela Roman ◽

Delia-Elena Diaconaşu

Keyword(s):

Economic Crisis ◽

Member States ◽

Eu Countries ◽

Eu Member States ◽

Real Convergence ◽

Convergence Process ◽

Global Economic Crisis ◽

The Impact ◽

New Eu Member States ◽

The Eu

Our paper aims to analyse the dynamics of real economic convergence and the impact of several macroeconomic and institutional factors on this process, within the EU countries for the period 1995-2018. Employing cross-sectional and panel data techniques, this paper examines both the level and dynamics of absolute and conditional convergence within the EU28 countries and identifies key drivers of economic growth within the EU28 and subsequent groups (the EU15 versus New EU Member States group), by taking into consideration the impact of the recent global economic crisis. We find that the real convergence process is quite uneven and unstable over the 1995-2018 period. Our results confirm the negative effects of the recent global economic crisis on per capita GDP growth, suggesting a weakening of the convergence process at the EU28 level, especially at the level of New EU Member States. In addition, we find that investment, the openness of the economy and the quality of the institutional framework represent the main drivers of real convergence within the EU countries.

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Impact of Brexit on voting power in Council of the European Union

Open Political Science ◽

10.1515/openps-2020-0016 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 192-197

Author(s):

Jakub Gábor

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Public Discourse ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

The European Union ◽

Member States ◽

Voting Power ◽

Eu Member States ◽

The Uk ◽

The Impact ◽

The Eu

AbstractThe United Kingdom has left the European Union on 31 January 2020. Discussions that preceded such a move were conducted in three dimensions: they pertained a post-Brexit relationship between the UK and EU, future conduct within the UK and the one within the EU. Whilst public discourse has been dominated by the first two, this paper approaches the third one – on how Brexit has affected relationships between remaining 27 EU Member States. Stemming from the calculation of Banzhaf indices, it assesses the impact of Brexit on the voting power of remaining Member States in the Council of the EU – arguably the most important body within the EU institutional architecture – and identifies which countries are going to record the most significant gains and losses in this respect.

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DIFFERENCES AMONG THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THEIR RELATIONS WITH THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: 2014-2019

RSUH/RGGU Bulletin Series Political Science History International Relations Area Studies Oriental Studies ◽

10.28995/2073-6339-2020-4-57-73 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 57-73

Author(s):

Denis O. Vakarchuk ◽

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Quantitative Analysis ◽

Russian Federation ◽

Heterogeneous Structure ◽

The European Union ◽

Member States ◽

Eu Member States ◽

The Russian Federation ◽

The Impact ◽

The Eu

The article examines the relations between Russia and the member states of the European Union in the period from 2014 to 2019. Methodologically, the author assumes that the European Union is a heterogeneous structure that affects the Russian-European relations. This is especially true for the foreign policy field where each EU state pursues its own interests. The author sets a task to study the impact ofthe differences between theEU memberstates on the dynamics of their relations with Russia through quantitative analysis. Within the confines of the empirical study, the dependent variable is presented as the state of the relations between the EU countries and the Russian Federation, and it is operationalized by an event study. To identify the differences between the EU states, the author proposes to use a set of factors such as the duration of EU membership, dependence on the trade with the Russian Federation, the type of democracy and the great power identification. Mann-Whitney U-test is the tool to investigate the connections between the variables. The result of the quantitative analysis demonstrates that in the period under review it was only the factor of belonging of a number of EU member states to the great powers that had a significant impact on their relations with Russia.

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Political aspects of security of the European Union Member States

10.31338/1641-2478pe.3.20.6 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 97-105

Author(s):

Aleksandra Kusztykiewicz-Fedurek

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Negative Impact ◽

The European Union ◽

Member States ◽

Eu Member States ◽

Political Security ◽

New Institutions ◽

The Stability ◽

Key Aspects ◽

The Eu

Political security is very often considered through the prism of individual states. In the scholar literature in-depth analyses of this kind of security are rarely encountered in the context of international entities that these countries integrate. The purpose of this article is to draw attention to key aspects of political security in the European Union (EU) Member States. The EU as a supranational organisation, gathering Member States first, ensures the stability of the EU as a whole, and secondly, it ensures that Member States respect common values and principles. Additionally, the EU institutions focus on ensuring the proper functioning of the Eurozone (also called officially “euro area” in EU regulations). Actions that may have a negative impact on the level of the EU’s political security include the boycott of establishing new institutions conducive to the peaceful coexistence and development of states. These threats seem to have a significant impact on the situation in the EU in the face of the proposed (and not accepted by Member States not belonging to the Eurogroup) Eurozone reforms concerning, inter alia, appointment of the Minister of Economy and Finance and the creation of a new institution - the European Monetary Fund.

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The Impact of the Implementation of Cohesion Policy on the Sustainable Development of EU Countries

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11154173 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (15) ◽

pp. 4173 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ramona Pîrvu ◽

Cristian Drăgan ◽

Gheorghe Axinte ◽

Sorin Dinulescu ◽

Mihaela Lupăncescu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Cohesion Policy ◽

Member States ◽

Policy Makers ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Eu Countries ◽

Starting Point ◽

The Impact ◽

Official Data ◽

The Eu

The impact of implementation of cohesion policy on the sustainable development of EU countries is of great interest and presents a number of actual challenges. This research aims to evaluate the impact and the effects of the cohesion policy among the Member States using hierarchical clustering analysis in order to identify how the selected variables affect the sustainable development adopted models. The variables used in the analysis were selected on the basis of official data provided by the European Commission, SDG Index and Dashboards Reports and the EU Cohesion Monitor. The results of the research have led to the grouping of the 28 Member States in a number of six clusters, identifying performers but also those countries that have a high potential for sustainable development or which require increased attention to be sustained in recovering existing gaps. The results of the study can be a starting point for policy makers and other stakeholders involved in their efforts to support sustainable development through effective and effective policies.

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