Current issue

No. 3 / 2026 — Autumn

Peer-reviewed articles in economics, finance, public policy, and sustainable development.

0 Articles
Open access

Theoretical and Applied Economics
No. 10 / 2012 (575)

The economic integration: concept and end of process

Liviu C. Andrei
National School of Political Studies and Public Administration (NSPSPA), Bucharest

Abstract. A crisis that is currently stiffing the Euro Zone does equally suspend and shadows the debate on the European integration, that actually remains a different issue and, why not, still useful. This integration needs some more corrections: the old model revising, updating or readapting to a new reality and answers to questions sticking around this crisis. Reassessing specific concepts just starts here.

Keywords: integration; European & non-European type integration( s); incipient & advanced integration(s); customs union; economic convergence; monetary union; fiscal union; optimum currency area.

Contents