The Structural Changes: A Long Run or Short Run Issue?

Abstract. The structural changes that our country has to accomplish are in connection with the cohesion requirements of the EU and with the globalization imperatives as well. The current evolution of the economic parameters shows that, as we follow the cohesion road, the economic growth of our country does not meet in the short run the expected performance, and the authorities face the effort of harmonizing the development expectations of the Romanian people with the European unique market effects upon the national economy. Since the integration of the EU member states continues to be an undergoing process, the external pressure of some unbalances bring unexpected constrains for the raising the bid autochthonous policies. In order to carry on the targeted objective of entering the euro zone, our country will have to implement a series of economic measures which should also entail a socio-economic progress. The latest European vision upon the convergence issue, underlined by the “Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union”, 2012, make the fiscal measures the core of the structural changes we follow, and it clarifies the negative role of any hesitation in the common integration effort of all the EU countries. Our conclusions observe that the structural changes that Romania expected in 2007, at the EU adhering moment, no longer match with the options that we have now, while the antagonism between the private and state interests generates amazing actions in the socio-economic environment