摘要：After a complex year, with deep trends of geopolitical changes, the new year 2019 promises to be full of events in what concerns the social, economic, political and even geostrategic area. The key events of last year (the uncertain course of the Brexit, the profound lack of reforms at EU level, the year-end social events of France, the hostile manifestations of the Russian Federation towards the West, the oscillating evolution of certain European states in what concerns the values of the rule of law, the economic war between China – the United States, the Presidency of Romania to the EU Council etc.) shall greatly influence the evolution of the economy at the European and global level. This paperwork aims to analyze the main consequences of recent events on short term evolutions from the economic, social and political perspective. We also aim to analyze the realities and main potential evolutions in what concerns the economic, social and political status of this year of turning for the European Union.
