中東欧諸国のEU加盟準備過程

Abstract

Observing the latest trends which are developping concerning the accession to the EU in Central and Eastern Europe, “voluntary harmonisation”, which is defined at the European Agreements, is considered as a characteristic approach of the EU from legal and political aspects.Although tight collaboration between the EU Commission and the countries concerned is developped seriously through the Commission's consultation, the political and legal character of it is principally voluntary, and no legal enforcement is expected.There are obviously different stages of preparation for “Acquis Communautaire” among the countries of the association agreement in Central Eastern European Countries. Some countries like Poland, Hungary have started their economic and political reforms earlier, even before 1989, but other countries such as Bulgaria, for example, are still involved in the prematured stages of reform problems. It is, therefore, emphasized that legal culture, which is often proposed by “jus commune” school of legal history as a common core of European civilization should be taken into consideration for that purpose.The countries such as Poland, Czech, Hungary, Estonia, and Slovenia selected as the first hand candidates of the membership on basis of adequate reasons, are going to negociate it with the Commission soon.It is worthy to know that legal and political harmonisation processes to Western law in general are differently shaped in these former socialist countries, depending their relations with the EU and its harmonisation process.