<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> We are currently in the process of making a Europe where the elements of national sovereignty will be narrowed through the sharing of sovereignty and for collective security. Another trend in the field was that of regionalization of the importance and implications of this issue, explicitly or implicitly considered as belonging to Central and Eastern Europe. Such an assessment neglects the significance of a number of factors pertaining to the historical and political developments has on the matter, particularly regarding economic development of Central and Eastern Europe areas, and that the conflictual degeneration of perceiving ethnical, cultural and regional otherness is not a phenomenon which affects this space alone, but also the West. In contradiction with this point of view, some foreign experts in the field say it is a social reality that discrimination and intolerance connected to religion and ethnicity can be found in all meetings of the world and in countries with different economic development phases.</p></abstract>

We are currently in the process of making a Europe where the elements of national sovereignty will be narrowed through the sharing of sovereignty and for collective security. Another trend in the field was that of regionalization of the importance and implications of this issue, explicitly or implicitly considered as belonging to Central and Eastern Europe. Such an assessment neglects the significance of a number of factors pertaining to the historical and political developments has on the matter, particularly regarding economic development of Central and Eastern Europe areas, and that the conflictual degeneration of perceiving ethnical, cultural and regional otherness is not a phenomenon which affects this space alone, but also the West. In contradiction with this point of view, some foreign experts in the field say it is a social reality that discrimination and intolerance connected to religion and ethnicity can be found in all meetings of the world and in countries with different economic development phases.

The European Union and Minorities

“AL.I. CUZA” POLICE ACADEMY, BUCHAREST, ROMANIA

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We are currently in the process of making a Europe where the elements of national sovereignty will be narrowed through the sharing of sovereignty and for...

The European Union and Minorities

Published Online: Jul 26, 2016

Page range: 138 - 144

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bsaft-2015-0021

Keywords
European Union, minorities, state, rights, discrimination

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The European Union and Minorities

Published Online: Jul 26, 2016

Page range: 138 - 144

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bsaft-2015-0021

KeywordsEuropean Union, minorities, state, rights, discrimination

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
European Union, minorities, state, rights, discrimination