FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTIN EUROPEAN UNION AND ROMANIA

The paper reviews the concepts and strategies regarding sustainable development in European Union and Romania. The concept of sustainable development is built on the premise that human civilization is a sub-system of the Ecosphere and is dependent on its material and energy flows, on its stability and capacity for selfadjustment. Sustainable development is a common objective and a permanent preoccupation of the European Union Member States. For Romania as a Member State of the European Union, sustainable development is not one of several possible options, but the only rational prospect for advancement as a nation.