THE CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION BETWEEN ROMANIA AND UKRAINE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP (EPP) AND ASSOCIATION AGREEMENTS (AA)

This paper is an analysis of the European Union’s policies in the Neighborhood area at its Eastern border, with a particular focus on the special neighborhood relations developed with Ukraine. The premises of this paper are built around the idea that Romania, as an EU member state, moving within the European policies for cross-border cooperation and by using the European instruments, develops a legislative and institutional framework meant to deepen this cooperation at its border with Ukraine. The cross-border cooperation between 1 This current paper is a revised and added edition of one of my contributions to the volume Iordan Gheorghe Bărbulescu (coord.), Mircea Brie, Nicolae Toderaş, Cooperarea transfrontalieră între România şi Ucraina, respectiv între România şi Republica Moldova. Oportunităţi şi provocări între 2014-2020, Tritonic, Bucureşti, 2016, 232 p. The study „Cooperarea transfrontalieră între România şi Ucraina, respectiv între România şi Republica Moldova. Oportunităţi şi provocări în perioada 2014-2020”, is part of the series „Studii de Strategie şi Politici SPOS 2015”, issued under the European Institute in Romania (IER). The present paper is published under the framework of Jean Monnet Centre of Excelence „In and Out: Understanding the European Union Beyond Its Borders”, nr. 565330-EPP-1-2015-1-RO-EPPJMO-CoE EUROPOLITY, vol. 11, no. 2, 2017 52 Continuity and Change in European Governance -