A volume of articles (in Romanian and English), presented at the conference
“Constitution-building in the enlarged EU,
consolidation of democracy and nation-building
in the South-Eastern Europe:
how compatible?”,

organized on 15 October 2004 in Bucharest, Romania

by the RECSA and European Institute of Romania

Translated by: Filip Gâdiuta

Text revision: Gabriela Zudor

Artwork: Mihai Moia

The volume is edited with the support of the European Commission through Jean Monnet programme “2007 – One EU Enlargement Is Not Enough”

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CONTENTS Foreword

Does the Constitutional Treaty contribute to increasing the institutional efficiency and deepening the integration process?

Nicolae IDU

Good Governance and Administrative Discretion

Constantine STEPHANOU

The European Constitution in 20 points

Ion JINGA

About old wine in new bottles: the Constitution, the common interest and the EU’s new and prospective members

Aurel CIOBANU-DORDEA

Dilemmas in legitimacy in the EU Constitution

Nicolae PAUN

Macedonia after 2001 and EU: the question of standards

Renata TRENESKA-DESKOSKA

Parliamentary Institutions in EU Constitution Building and in Post-Communist State Building in South Eastern Europe

Katia HRISTOVA-VALCHEVA

Academic Reconstruction in South Eastern Europe and the European Higher Education Area Perspectives

Cosmin SALASAN

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If you are interested in obtaining this publication, please, contact:

Gilda TRUICA

RECSA Secretary General

e-mail: gilda@ier.ro