Current Issues of the EU

  • Credits: 3
  • Ending: Examination
  • Range: 2C
  • Semester: summer
  • Year: 2
  • Faculty of International Relations

Teachers

Included in study programs

Economic Diplomacy

Teaching results

The graduate of the course will have an overview of the theories of European integration and its main representatives, will be able to name the basic features of individual theories.
Within the scope of financing the EU budget, it will have an overview of the current long-term budget and what role the Recovery Plan for Europe plays in terms of financing Member States in times of crisis. In connection with this, he will be able to assess whether the methods of financing are in line with competition policy and which forms of competition are or are not prohibited, and what role the Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic plays.
Energy, environmental policy and innovation policy form a complex of interrelated policies, and the graduate will be able to critically evaluate the EU instruments used to synergistically meet the objectives of these policies.
Migration, asylum, foreign and security policy are policies in the exclusive competence of the Member States and the graduate will be able to assess in which areas a common EU approach is possible.
The graduate will be able to name EU instruments of EU support policies that increase the competitiveness of the EU and its Member States.

Indicative content

Theories of European integration. Current theories of European integration. Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027. Energy energy policy. Environmental policy of the EU. EU innovation policy. Consumer protection in EU policies. EU migration and asylum policy. Common EU foreign and security policy. EU social policy. EU education policy. Supporting powers of the EU.

Support literature

KRATOCHVÍL PETR (2008): Teorie evropské integrace. Vydavateľstvo: Portál. 224 s.
LIPKOVÁ,Ľ. et al. (2011). Európska únia. Bratislava: Sprint dva. ISBN 978-80-89393-33-6.
FIALA,P.-KRUTÍLEK, O.- PITROVÁ,M. (2018): Evropská unie. Brno: CDK,ISBN 978-80-7325-450-6. s.990
LACINA L.,OSTRÍŽEK J. (2011): Učebnice Evropské unie. Barrister&Principal o.s. ISBN 978 80 -87474-31-0
HRIVÍK, P.(2016) Európska integrácia a základy fungovania Európskej únie. Vydala Trenčianska univerzita A.Dubčeka v Trenčíne, 2016. ISBN 978 – 80-8075-620-8.s. 307
BRHLÍKOVÁ, R. (2012). Európska únia po Lisabone. Nitra : UKF, ISBN 978 – 80 – 558- 0478 – 1. s.324
BALDWIN, R. – WYPLOSZ, CH.(2013). Ekonomie evropské integrace. Praha: Grada ISBN 978-80-247 – 45.s.580
KUNOVÁ V. et.al. (2014) Vnútorné politiky a činnosti Európskej únie. Plzeň. ISBN 978-80-7380 – 498 – 5. s.270

Syllabus

1. Theories of European integration - a brief overview of theories and main representatives 2. Current theories of European integration 3. Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027, A Recovery Plan for Europe 4. Competition policy - objectives, institutional framework, prohibited and permitted methods 5. Energy energy policy - history, goals, energy independence 6. Environmental policy of the EU - history, goals, tools, 7. EU innovation policy - measuring innovation performance, tools 8. Consumer protection in EU policies 9. EU migration and asylum policy - migration crisis and present 10. Common EU foreign and security policy 11. EU social policy 12. EU education policy - tools, goals, EU programs 13. Supporting powers of the EU - cultural policy - tools, goals, EU programs

Requirements to complete the course

60% continuous written and verbal work during the semester, which includes written testing of knowledge and elaboration of the project within the group together with its presentation, and verbal presentation of knowledge in confrontation with the current situation concerning the EU; 40% of the final written and oral exam.

Student workload

104 hours:
participation in seminars: 26 hours
preparation for credit tests: 24 hours
project elaboration: 14 hours
preparation for the exam: 40 hours

Language whose command is required to complete the course

Slovak

Date of approval: 13.03.2024

Date of the latest change: 08.02.2023