Vasile Puşcaş (; b. Surduc, July 8, 1952) is a

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n politician, diplomat and International Relations professor.

Biography

During 2000–2004 he was the Romanian Chief Negotiator with the

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,(11 February 2004)
Romanian EU chief negotiator: European Commission financial package "important"
''BBC MONITORING INTERNATIONAL REPORTS'' (Rompres news agency, Bucharest) ("Romania's Chief Negotiator with the European Union, Minister-Delegate Vasile Puscas ....") and he is considered by many "responsible" for Romania's accession to the EU. A member of the

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from 2000 to 2008, he belongs to the

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(PSD).

Works

*România spre Uniunea Europeană. Negocierile de aderare (2000–2004), Iaşi: Institutul European, 2007 *România şi iar România. Note pentru o istorie prezentă, Cluj-Napoca: Eikon, 2007 *European Negotiations. A Case Study: The Romania's Accession to EU. Gorizia, IUIES, 2006 *“Sticks and Carrots”. Regranting the Most-Favored-Nation Status for Romania (US Congress, 1990–1996) / “Bastoane şi Morcovi”, Reacordarea clauzei naţiunii celei mai favorizate (Congresul SUA, 1990–1996), Cluj-Napoca: Eikon, 2006 *Relaţii internaţionale/transnaţionale, Cluj-Napoca: Sincron, 2005 *Negociind cu Uniunea Europeană, 6 volume, ed. Economică, București, 2003: ::vol. I - „Documente iniţiale de poziţie la capitolele de negociere” (2003) ::vol. II – „Initial Position Documents” (2003) ::vol. III – „Preparing the External Environment of Negotiations” (2003) ::vol. IV – „Pregătirea mediului intern de negociere” (2003) ::vol. V – „Pregătirea mediului de negociere, 2003–2004” (2005) ::vol. VI – „Comunicarea publică şi negocierea pentru aderare, 2003–2004” (2005) *Universitate-Societate-Modernizare, Presa Univ. Clujeană, Cluj-Napoca, 1995; Ediţia a II-a, 2003 *Speranţă şi disperare - Negocieri româno-aliate, 1943–1944, București, Ed.Litera, 1995; Ediţia a II-a, 2003 *Relaţii internaţionale contemporane, Cluj-Napoca, Sincron, 1999; Ediţia a II-a, 2003 *Căderea României în Balcani, Cluj-Napoca, Dacia, 2000 *Pulsul istoriei în Europa Centrală, Cluj-Napoca, Sincron, 1998 *Transilvania si aranjamentele europene. 1940–1944, Cluj-Napoca, Ed.FCR, 1995 *Alma Mater Napocensis – Idealul universităţii moderne, Cluj-Napoca, Ed. FCR 1994 *Dr. Petru Groza – pentru o "lume nouă", Editura Dacia, 1985 (a fost interzisă şi arsă întreaga ediţie)

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Biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Puscas, Vasile 1952 births Living people Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) Social Democratic Party (Romania) politicians Romanian political scientists Romanian academics People from Sălaj County Romanian essayists Babeș-Bolyai University alumni Romanian biographers Romanian male writers Romanian male biographers Romanian textbook writers 20th-century Romanian historians 21st-century Romanian historians Romanian journalists Romanian memoirists Romanian science writers Romanian civil servants Romanian male essayists