Vol 12, No 1, 2013 pp. 53-67
UDC 339.923:061.1EU(497)
ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL DIALOGUE IN THE BALKANS: NECESSITY, OBSTACLES AND PERSPECTIVES
Ivana Božić Miljković
Faculty for Legal and Business Studies “dr Lazar Vrkatić” Novi Sad, Serbia
Email: ibozic@useens.net
The aim of this paper is to point to the fact that economic dialogue in the Balkans is a condition of survival of the Balkan counties in the process of globalization. The meaning of an economic dialogue is to improve inter-regional cooperation in production and trade and to research the possibilities of strategy creation for joint presentation on the European and world market. Since Balkan countries are completely turned to the European Union, some as members and some as pretenders to membership, the mutual dialogue may benefit and improve their European positions. As the greatest and most powerful political and economic integration in Europe and the world, the European Union in its politics of expansion gives advantage to those countries which are able to develop with their surroundings quality good neighborly and economic relations. The ability of the countries to mutually cooperate is the guarantee that they will manage in wider and more complex surroundings such as the European Union. This fact especially has to be taken into consideration by the Balkan countries in transition, who see their future within the European Union, whereas at the same time in the improvement in mutual cooperation and cooperation with the rest of the Balkan counties, the initiatives prevail over achieved results.
Key words: the Balkans, the European Union, economic dialogue, foreign trade, cooperation.
EKONOMSKI I POLITIČKI DIJALOG NA BALKANU: NUŽNOST, PREPREKE I PERSPEKTIVE
Cilj ovog rada je da ukaže na činjenicu da je ekonomski dijalog na Balkanu uslov opstanka balkanskih zemalja u procesu globalizacije. Smisao ekonomskog dijaloga je da se njime pospeši unutarregionalna saradnja u proizvodnji i trgovini i da se istraže mogućnosti kreiranja strategije zajedničkog nastupa na evropskom i svetskom tržištu. S obzirom da su balkanske zemlje u potpunosti okrenute ka Evropskoj uniji, neke kao članice, a neke kao pretendenti na članstvo, od međusobnog dijaloga mogu imati koristi i poboljšati svoju evropsku poziciju. Kao najveća i najjača politička i ekonomska integracija u Evropi i svetu, Evropska unija u svojoj politici proširenja daje prednost onim zemljama koje su u stanju da sa svojim okruženjem razviju kvalitetne dobrosusedske i ekonomske odnose. Sposobnost zemalja da sarađuju međusobno, garancija je da će se dobro snaći i u jednom širem i složenijem okruženju kao što je Evropska unija. Tu činjenicu posebno moraju imati u vidu balkanske zemlje u tranziciji, koje svoju budućnost vide pod okriljem Evropske unije, dok istovremeno, na planu unapređenja međusobne saradnje i saradnje sa ostalim zemljama Balkana, pokrenute inicijative imaju prevagu nad ostvarenim rezultatima.
Ključne reči: Balkan, Evropska unija, ekonomski dijalog, spoljna trgovina, saradnja.
