Vasile Puşcaş (; b.

Surduc Surduc ( hu, Szurduk; german: Surdecken; he, סוּרְדוּק) is a commune in Sălaj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Brâglez, Cristolțel, Solona, Surduc, Teștioara, Tihău and Turbuța. Etymology The name ...

, July 8, 1952) is a

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

n politician, diplomat and International Relations professor.

Biography

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

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...

,(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

Romanian Chamber of Deputies ); – Committee for Industries and Services ( ro, Comisia pentru industrii și servicii); – Committee for Transport and Infrastructure ( ro, Comisia pentru transporturi și infrastructură); – Committee for Agriculture, Forestry, Food Indu ...

from 2000 to 2008, he belongs to the

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For ...

(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)

References

External links

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 Male biographers Romanian textbook writers 20th-century Romanian historians 21st-century Romanian historians Romanian journalists Romanian memoirists Romanian science writers Romanian civil servants Male essayists