Romania and the European Economic and Cultural Model. Changing the Paradigms

Romania's accession to EU has imposed major transformations on inland economy and also an intense struggle for adaptation to the new convergence criteria. European economic and cultural model represents the main framework which all countries need to explore and capitalize in order to find explanations about the competitiveness gaps among the countries. The paper aims to analyze the antithesis between some of the cultural models and the economic structures and their implications on changing the economic paradigms and assuring high degrees of economic competitiveness and social inclusion by looking for ways on synchronization.