Polish Policy in the Contex to the Euro Area Reform

• Authors: Jan Barcz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article analyses, first of all, the evolution of the European Union sys¬tem in light of the reforms aimed at rehabilitating and consolidating the euro area. The principal conclusion of this analysis points to the fact that the differences among the EU Member States and the concentration of the decision-making process in the EU around the euro area, which has been observed for the last ten years, is culmi¬nating today with the ongoing reform of the euro area, which is becoming the core of European integration. But it is currently uncertain whether this development will take place within the legal and institutional framework of the EU, or whether the conse¬quences of the autonomisation of the euro area will lead to a fragmented EU. Sec¬ondly, the article focuses on Polish policy towards the euro area reforms, especially the issue of whether Poland should join this area. The current policy, referred to as ‘keeping a foot in the door’, can be effective in the short term (it is aimed at main¬taining the coherence of the EU during the euro area reforms), but it cannot meet the long-range strategic challenges, which require a clear programme of joining the euro area by Poland, thus ensuring its presence in the ‘centre’ of the process of European integration.

Keywords

EN

Poland; European Union; Euro

• Publisher: Centre for Europe, University of Warsaw
• Journal: Yearbook of Polish European Studies
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 16
• Pages: s.69-85

Contributors

author

Jan Barcz

• Ph.D. – Head of the Chair of International and EU Law, Leon Kozminski University in Warsaw.