Open AccessLAUNCHING THE THIRD TRACK OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION: REASONS, DEVELOPMENTS AND CHALLENGES
Author(s) -
В В Копійка,
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S. О. Makovskyy,
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Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
aktualʹnì problemi mìžnarodnih vìdnosin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-8959
pISSN - 2308-6912
DOI - 10.17721/apmv.2021.148.1.4-17
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , european integration , economic integration , process (computing) , political science , field (mathematics) , wage , phenomenon , track (disk drive) , social integration , european union , business , international trade , engineering , computer science , geography , law , physics , quantum mechanics , mechanical engineering , mathematics , archaeology , pure mathematics , operating system
The article addresses the progress of the European integration in such fields as social, wage, insurance and fiscal policies. The author analyzes key stages of, and major factors contributing to, the advancement of policy coordination and building up common policies in the fields mentioned. The author sees the integration these spheres as a ‘third track’ of the European integration, which follows the first two ones, i.e. the economic integration and launching the Common Foreign and Security Policy, and has the potential to become the next priority direction of the European integration process. The article describes the phenomenon of the ‘third track’ of the European integration and assesses major risks and challenges that may arise in the context of the further progress of the integration effort in this field. Three scenarios of the latter bearing on its eventual implications for Europe are presented, along with a consideration of implications for Ukraine in terms of this country’s aspirations for EU membership.