Current Issues of the EU (in English)
- Credits: 3
- Ending: Examination
- Range: 2C
- Semester: summer
- Year: 2
- Faculty of International Relations
Teachers
Included in study programs
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. Competition policy. 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 - cultural 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. 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
English language
Date of approval: 10.02.2023
Date of the latest change: 08.02.2023