THE IMPACT OF THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION ON GLOBALIZATION

The European construction started after WWII and took an irreversible course after the fall of communism in Central and South-Eastern Europe. The phenomenon of European integration may be analyzed in a theoretical interconditionality with the general phenomenon of globalization. Both aspects of the contemporary society are complex; therefore, they must be analyzed from several perspectives. Globalization, as a general phenomenon, concerns the entire human race and may be understood by several coordinates: economic, political, social, cultural, military, etc. The complexity of this phenomenon introduces certain contradictory aspects as well. The European integration is a phenomenon which mainly concerns the states located in the European geographical area and which explicitly manifested the desire to be integrated into the European Union. The European construction represents a recent mechanism, which requires permanent revisions, lest it should end up in failure. The negative effects of globalization were initially felt through the Asian crisis. This crisis somehow anticipated the American one and, inevitably, the European one, starting with 2005-2006. Romania is directly influenced by any negative or positive phenomenon concerning the entire European Union.