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Teaching results

The graduate will be able to describe the history of economic integration in Western Europe, describe the motives leading to the emergence of the European Communities to the European Union, and later to its enlargement. He will be able to name the main institutions, their roles and main representatives.
As part of the EU's development, he will be able to describe the various stages of economic integration and apply them to the EU.
The graduate will know the sources of financing the EU budget and what expenses are paid from the EU budget. He will be able to distinguish between individual EU policies in terms of the competences of the EU institutions and the Member States. It will be oriented in the basic policies of the EU, what are their goals, what tools are used for their implementation.
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

Development of the integration process in Europe. Institutions of EU. Stages of economic integration. Budget of EU. EU policies. Common agricultural policy. Regional (cohesion) policy. Energy, environmental policy, innovation policy of EU. Transport policy. Common foreign and security policy of EU. EU migration and asylum policy.

Support literature

NELLO, S.N. (2011) : The European Union: Economics, Policies and History. McGraw-Hill Education, New York, 2011. EAN: 9780077129668.
CINI, M (2013) . European Union Politics. Ofxod university Press, 2013. EAN: 978019969 4754. 485 p.
MCCORMICK,J. (2011) :European Union Politics. Palgrave , 2011. EAN: 9780230577077
PARKER, O.- BACHE.I. (2016) :Politics in the European Union.Oxford University Press; 4th Revised edition edition,2016. ISBN: 9780198797791
BULMER, S. (2012)The Member States of the European. Union Oxford University Press , 2012. EAN: 9780199544837
WYPLOSZ,CH. - BALDWIN,R.(2015) : The Economics of European Integration. McGraw-Hill Inc., Us; 5th UK ed. Edition,2015. ISBN: 9780077169657.

Syllabus

1.Development of the integration process in Europe - motives and goals of integration after World War II. 2. Institutions of EU - functioning of institutions, their structure and powers, main representatives, symbols of the EU 3. Stages of economic integration - Single Market, Economic and Monetary Union of the EU 4. Budget of EU- revenue and expenditure of the EU budget. 5. EU policies - competences under the Lisbon Treaty - Common commercial policy - tools, objectives, principles. 6. Common agricultural policy - goals, principles, tools, reforms, current form; Common Fisheries Policy. 7.Regional (cohesion) policy - objectives, financial instruments, Language policy 8.Energy, environmental policy, innovation policy of EU- principles, tools, mainly 9. Transport policy: cabotage, transport liberalization, tasks and objectives of transport policy. 10.Ccommon foreign and security policy of EU- history, actors of EU foreign policy. 11. EU migration and asylum policy - development, basic documents, goals and tools, migration crisis

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

5 x 26 = 156 hours
participation in lectures: 22 hours
participation in seminars: 22 hours
preparation for credit tests: 26 hours
processing of the final project:26 hours
preparation for the exam: 60 hours

Language whose command is required to complete the course

English

Date of approval: 18.03.2024

Date of the latest change: 18.03.2024