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Romania and the European Union : how the weak vanquished the strong / Tom Gallagher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gallagher, Tom, 1954- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- European Union--Romania.
- European Union.
- European Union--Membership.
- Political corruption--Romania.
- Political corruption.
- Romania--Politics and government--1989-.
- Romania.
- Romania--Foreign relations--European Union countries.
- European Union countries--Foreign relations--Romania.
- European Union countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 278 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- According to Tom Gallagher, Romania's predatory rulers, the heirs of the sinister communist dictator Ceausescu, have inflicted a humiliating defeat on the European Union. He argues convincingly that Brussels was tricked into offering full membership to this Balkan country.
- Contents:
- The EU discovers Romania
- Crafty natives lead the Eurocrats astray
- The futility of EU funding
- Labour of Sisyphus: administrative reform in Romania
- Justice clings to its chains: 1989-2004
- NATO, the EU and Romania's strategy of duplicity
- The EU at its most incoherent: April-December 2004
- The EU regains and loses the initiative: 2005-07
- Corruption and anti-corruption
- The expiry of reform after 2007.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 27, 2026).
- ISBN:
- 9781847797131
- 184779713X
- 9781781702260
- 1781702268
- 9781847792976
- 1847792979
- OCLC:
- 818847362
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