Conceptul “Europei fără frontiere". O privire istorică de ansamblu asupra cooperării transfrontaliere dintre România și Ungaria [Articol]

Abstract

The disappearance of multinational empires such as Russia and Austria- Hungary at the end of the First World War led Central and Eastern Europe to construct nation-states primarily on the basis of ethnic and demographic criteria, but also in accordance with the economic and strategic interests of the major powers of the time.The Romanian–Hungarian border, established at the conclusion of the post-war peace process, has remained a controversial subject in the historical scholarship of the two neighbouring countries. An important factor in removing barriers to European integration for Eastern European states after 1990 was the exchange of information between communities. The intensification of cross-border interactions, the progress achieved in the European integration process, and the eastward enlargement of the EU raise the issue of cross-border cooperation with in a broader political and geopolitical context. The question of cross-border cooperation generally transcends geographical, economic, and legal approaches. When attempting to examine the phenomenon from a specific perspective, one encounters ambiguities and uncertainties regarding the role and functioning of certain.