UKRAINE’S INTEGRATION INTO EUROPE

УДК 339.92(477+100)

Зайцева А.В., студентка 1 року ОС магістр
ХНЕУ ім. С. Кузнеця

The relevance of this article is that today the European Union is entering a new stage of integration. There are significant changes in the directions of the unification of tax systems, convergence of legislation, introduction a single currency – the euro. Political, social and environmental issues, human rights issues and security issues coincide with economic ones. It is clear that this association is very attractive for Ukraine as a young European state. Therefore, one of the most urgent tasks of Ukraine is to become an associated member in the European Union.

Ukraine’s relations with Europe’s largest integration alliance, the European Union, require special strategies. This is explained by the fact that the image of modern Europe is mainly determined by integration processes that unite 28 states into the European community. There are no analogues of the European Union in the world [1].

The purpose of this article is to determine the importance of Ukraine’s accession to the European Union, since integration in to the EU will accelerate and improve the process of economic transformation in Ukraine, and EU membership will bring not only significant economic benefits, but also a positive impact on the country’s security.

Based on the unity of the economic and political interests of Ukraine, the real steps it has already taken, it is possible to speak of an entirely definite tendency to expand and develop its integration into European structures.

Under these conditions, the main task is setting up relations with such international economic organizations and groups as the European Union (EU), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Council of Europe (CoE), Central European Initiative (CEI), Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank (WB).

As for the relations with the EU, Ukraine hopes for:

  1. solving the issues of Ukraine’s accession to certain European programs, in particular in the fields of energy, transport, science and technology, environmental protection, education etc.;
  2. ensuring non-discriminatory access of Ukraine’s main export goods to the EU markets;
  3. strengthening of financial and technical assistance of EU countries in Ukraine etc [2].

The participants of the processes provided for the further development of the EU will be countries whose economies will meet clearly defined criteria. Every country that would like to be accepted must ensure the ability to protect democracy and the rule of law from within, the implementation of human rights guarantees and the protection of minorities. In addition, you must have a functioning market economy, as well as the ability to withstand the pressure of market forces in the union.

Today the declines in the trend towards a crisis in the economy, the lack of a reliable legal framework hinder the progress of our state along the path of market reforms.

Ukraine is not responsible for the current economic indicators of compliance of the European Union. For a long time we will have to approach Western European economic, political and social standards.

It is due to the European market that we will be able to obtain the latest technologies, with the help of which we will supply products that are competitive in the markets of Europe, Asia and the CIS countries. It should be borne in mind that in the European market more than 500 million people have access to solvency and where you can find a niche for Ukrainian producers.

In the process of Ukraine’s integration into the economic space of the European Union, the need arises to address a number of specific tasks “towards Europe”. Among the main directions of the integration process is economic integration and the development of trade relations between Ukraine and the EU [3].

Our cooperation has already begun. For example, in the field of economics, European experts work with Ukrainian colleagues on the transfer of know-how in the field of company management and industrial and agricultural technology. In the field of science and education, the exchange of researchers, teachers and students is organized and common projects are introduced. Cooperation in the areas of management is developing in areas such as customs and the fight against crime; documents are exchanged between management in such technical areas as standardization and statistics. Significant amounts of financial grants are allocated to improve nuclear safety and to solve problems related to the consequences of the Chernobyl accident.

Thus, we can conclude that the question of Ukraine’s entry, like any other country, into the EU is a very complex and complex problem. It is obvious that at this stage the European Union is not in a hurry to undertake obligations to open the door to Ukraine, due to a poorly developed economy. In addition, we must realize that the policy of the European Union today is largely determined by the increasing security problems that are caused by political instability on the European continent, existing and potential regional conflicts. Therefore, under these conditions, the entirely natural interest of the EU in Ukraine is mostly of a political nature, and Ukraine itself is considered, above all, as a strategic foothold on the European continent.

REFERENCES

  1. Buyana I.V. Economic policy: textbook – Interopol: TANG, 2008. – Pp. 50-70.

  2. Bendersky Yu. The realities of world economic processes and place in them of Ukraine // Economy of Ukraine. – 2005. – No. 1. – Pp. 30-55.

  3. Foreign economic policy. World Economy // Review Journal. – 2007. – No. 4. – Pp. 46.

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