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Trade in services is becoming increasingly important in the international economy. That is so due to the economic and social development, as well as technological development. The European Union is involved in the processes of liberalizing trade in services on a global scale, as well as undertakes a number of activities regarding the liberalization of the provision of services between its Member States. The aim of the paper is to assess changes in the European trade in services in the context of intra-EU and external EU trade. The article discusses issues concerning the specifi cs and determinants of international trade in services, analysis of intra- and extra-EU trade in particular types of services, and whether changes in the structure of the European trade in services result from liberalization activities undertaken by the EU institutions. Analysis, taken for the period 2008–2016 using the WTO statistics, indicate that despite the efforts made, the development of international trade in services in the EU depends primarily on economic and technological factors, rather than on institutional factors. Especially that there are numerous barriers to the free movement of services on the EU internal market.
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In the light of the economic development to date, the Internal Market is one of the greatest integration achievements of the European Union (EU) countries. However, the existence of barriers prevents the attainment of a full range of benefits. Therefore, subsequent strategies are initiated to ensure its effective functioning. Based on strategic and supplementary documents (reports, legal acts) of the EU institutions, as well as the literature on the subject, an attempt was made to evaluate the implementation of the existing strategies for the EU internal market. The article is a review and fills the gap in the literature on the subject by systematizing the evolution of the internal market program, while linking its subsequent stages with the assumptions of the strategy, activities and achieved results. When assessing the processes of implementation of subsequent strategies, one can notice a certain repetition of the pattern in which the opening phase of intensive activities is followed by a period of weakening of activity. Often the initial great enthusiasm and intensity of implementation of priorities end up with a waning of activities and a marginalization of the importance of the internal market in the face of new strategic economic, social and political events of a given period.
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Unijny rynek usług jest częścią rynku wewnętrznego UE, która w największym stopniu doświadcza obecności licznych barier. Po latach zastoju, od początku nowego wieku podjęto działania w kierunku realizacji idei swobody świadczenia usług, jednak mimo przyjęcia dyrektywy usługowej w 2006 r. wciąż na rynku usług występuje wiele barier. Kolejne konkretne kroki na rzecz urzeczywistniania jednolitego rynku usług zostały podjęte dopiero przez Komisję Europejską pod przewodnictwem J.-C. Junckera. Celem artykułu jest wstępna ocena inicjatyw zaproponowanych przez Komisję Europejską w ramach tzw. „pakietu usługowego” w kontekście wciąż istniejących barier na unijnym rynku usług. Na podstawie przeprowadzonej analizy unijnych dokumentów programowych i pozalegislacyjnych ustalono, że propozycje Komisji ukierunkowane są na redukcję barier zarówno administracyjnych, jak i regulacyjnych, jednakże, jak się wydaje, są zbyt mało ambitne, aby zapewnić swobodny przepływ usług na rynku wewnętrznym UE.
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Contemporary economic problems, institutional transformation, subsequent enlargements, counteracting the effects of economic and euro area crisis are factors that have contributed to limiting the EU’s activity in developing a single market. In 2015 the European Commission presented a new strategy for strengthening the internal market which is to raise the effectiveness of its functioning. The aim of the article is to assess the progress in accomplishing the priorities formulated in the strategic documents of the internal market. The discussion focuses on issues related to the question whether programmes and measures aimed at strengthening the potential of the internal market have actually been implemented. When assessing the rate of the process of implementation of internal market strategy over a span of thirty years it can be concluded that it is the effect of factors that arise both on the part of the EU institutions and particular member states. Considering the experience of the EU so far in implementing specific strategies to enhancethe realization of an internal market it can be supposed that in light of the current social-political-economic events the very ambitious and comprehensive premises of the present single market development strategy will not be fully realized in the assumed time frame.
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The European Union wants to play an important role in the world in the face of changes underway on the international scene. The aim of the article is to try to define the EU’s position on the international stage compared to the countries of greatest global importance. The research problem is therefore the assessment of the EU’s importance and position as a global partner in relation to the current world powers in the context of territorial, socio-economic and military criteria. The authors of the article put forward the thesis that the current power structure in the world and the challenges it involves position the European Union as a major global partner. The main method used in the article is analysis of the literature of the subject, supplemented by review of the available state of knowledge and research. The use of these methods allowed to distinguish a set of criteria necessary for the assessment of the EU’s global position. In addition, the authors use comparative analysis, collating the collected data, which made it possible to present the EU against the background of countries with a well-established global position in each of these criteria. According to the authors, it can be concluded that, taking into account socio-economic criteria, the EU’s position in the world is very strong in these areas and supplies grounds for the perception of the EU as a global partner. However, other criteria, such as the functioning of the overarching power, the ability to pursue a coherent foreign policy and the capacity to defend borders remain areas that require a much greater integration commitment in order for the EU to be called a real global partner.
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