ADERAREA ROMÂNIEI LA UNIUNEA EUROPEANA:
                     CÂSTIGATORI SI PERDANTI /
            ROMANIA ADHERATION TO THE EUROPEAN UNION:
                       WINNERS AND LOSERS

Lect. univ. dr. Radulescu Magdalena - Universitatea din Pitesti, e-mail :
magdalenaradulescu@yahoo.com
Lect. univ. dr. Pîrvu Daniela - Universitatea din Pitesti, e-mail: ddanapirvu@yahoo.com

Abstract:
For many years, some politicians of the European Union and leaders from the western countries
have debated over the advantages and costs of the European Union’s enlargement. The problems
that have been debated are: the large migration of the labor force, the competition of some
countries with a well-trained human capital and low salary costs, the migration of some foreign
enterprises in the Central and Eastern European area, the competition regarding the agriculture
and last, but not least, the burden of the accession of some poorer countries over the federal
budget of the E.U. The paper presents the benefits and the costs of the Romanian accession both
in the economic area (industry and agriculture) and in the social area as well.

Keywords: European Union’s enlargement, benefit, cost

JEL codes: F15, F20