%0 Journal Article %T EU REGIONS FACING OLD AND NEW CHALLENGES %A ANDREA MIKL¨®SN¨¦ ZAKAR %A ELENA TONEA %J Lucr£¿ri £¿tiin£¿ifice : Management Agricol %D 2009 %I %X EU regions have to face a lot of social, environmental and economic challenges. In addition the economic turbulence has been causing a lot of changes in the world, affecting the regions of the community, too. This study focuses on these challenges and tries to present the EU¡¯s answers formulated as a response to these issues. %K regional policy %K economic turbulence %K globalisation %K demographic change %K climate change %U http://www.usab-tm.ro/%5CPdf%5C2009%5Cxi1%5Cdezv_rurala09_14.pdf