Economic Criteria for EU Membership and Legislation on Economic Reforms in Macedonia

AbstractGiven that the Republic of Macedonia is a candidate country for membership in the European Union (since 2005), in the framework of this paper will analyze the implementation of the Copenhagen economic criteria. So while until now in Macedonia to this problem is not devoted adequate attention in academic circles, it is considered necessary to explain and analyze the theoretical aspect of the taken economic reforms. Through this paper I will scrutinize an economic segment, which deals with the existence of a functioning market economy as well as the capacity to cope with competitive pressures and market forces within the EU, since accession could take place as soon as Macedonia were capable of fulfilling them. The essence of this research has to do with an objective analysis based on annual reports of the European Commission. In this research, in addition I made an analysis of survey realized with business representatives on the reforms that state had make in the field of economy. I hope that in the future this work will encourage research and other activities related to the harmonization of national economic legislation with EU legislation