THE RESHAPING OF ROMANIA’S SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM IN THE CONTEXT OF EUROPEAN UNION INTEGRATION

Abstract

This article makes reference to the effectiveness of the national social protection system, which depends on the efficiency of systems for redistributing income within a state, i.e. the efficiency of tax and social systems. The accession to the European Union (EU) was equivalent to the start of a new transition phase for the of development and social protection of Romania system. The current system of social protection can be characterized as a centralized one, even if the intentions of decentralization of responsibilities are pronounced while the financial capacities of local public authorities are strengthened. Romania has learned that EU policies are not always tailored to its size and that it has the possibility to negotiate them so that specific features and needs are better considered and covered.

Keywords

• social protection system
• social security
• public system
• social diagnosis