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LA POLITIQUE ReGIONALE EUROPeENNE PEUT-ELLE SUPPORTER UN NOUVEL eLARGISSEMENT DE l’UE ?

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  • Marie-Line DUBOZ

    (CRESE, Universite de Franche-Comte)

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L’Union europeenne (UE) se prepare à un sixieme elargissement. Seuls pays à avoir le statut de pays candidat, la Croatie, l’ancienne Republique yougoslave de Macedoine (ARYM) et la Turquie sont toutes trois des economies fragiles et dont le produit interieur brut (PIB) par habitant est tres bas. Cette situation rend la question de la capacite de l’UE à les integrer tout à fait pregnante. L’UE sera-t-elle, en particulier, capable à l’avenir de maintenir sa politique regionale commune, laquelle est fondee sur le principe de solidarite financiere ? De fait, notre etude montre que cette politique va etre confrontee aux fortes disparites des regions croates et surtout turques, tant en termes de PIB par habitant que de taux de chomage. Nous montrons par ailleurs que si l’aide communautaire, actuellement accordee à la Croatie et à l’ARYM, est comparable à l’aide de preadhesion dont ont beneficie les pays d’Europe centrale et orientale (PECO), il ne peut en etre dit autant pour la Turquie. Compte tenu du poids demographique de ce pays, si rien n’est fait pour accroître la part du budget allouee à la politique regionale de l’UE ou pour trouver un nouveau mode de redistribution des fonds europeens, il conviendra de redefinir un objectif moins ambitieux que celui qui a ete fixe initialement à cette politique, à savoir la reduction des disparites. Abstract - The European Union (EU) will soon undergo a sixth enlargement. The only countries with a status of candidate country, Croatia, Macedonia and Turkey, are all three fragile economies with a low per capita GDP. This situation questions the capacity of the EU to integrate those countries. In particular, will the EU be able to maintain its common regional policy based on the principle of financial solidarity? In fact, our study shows that this policy will be confronted to the existence of strong regional disparities within Croatia and Turkey, in terms of per capita GDP or unemployment rate. We also show that if the European aid currently devoted to Croatia and Macedonia is comparable to the pre-adhesion aid given to the CEECs, it is not the case for Turkey. Given the demographic weight of this country, if nothing is done to increase the part of the budget devoted to the EU regional policy or to find another mode of redistribution of the European funds, it will be necessary to redefine a less ambitious objective that the current one, i.e. decreasing disparities.

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  • Marie-Line DUBOZ, 2009. "LA POLITIQUE ReGIONALE EUROPeENNE PEUT-ELLE SUPPORTER UN NOUVEL eLARGISSEMENT DE l’UE ?," Region et Developpement, Region et Developpement, LEAD, Universite du Sud - Toulon Var, vol. 30, pages 59-76.
  • Handle: RePEc:tou:journl:v:30:y:2009:p:59-76
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    Keywords

    eLARGISSEMENT; POLITIQUE ReGIONALE; PAYS CANDIDATS;
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    JEL classification:

    • P52 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Comparative Economic Systems - - - Comparative Studies of Particular Economies
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

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