Programme of lectures in Summer Term 2024

(1) 23 February – Organization and requirements. “The nature of the beast”: Introduction into the study of the European Union. Very short introduction into European integration theory.

(2) 1 March - History of European Integration – overview. Part I: from the beginnings to 1990

(3) 8 March - History of European Integration – overview. Part II: 1990-2024

(4) 15 March - Enlargement of EC/ES – past and future. Brexit.

(5) 22 March - EU institutions.

There will be no class on 29 March (Good Friday)

(6) 5 April – Midterm test. EU legal system. The courts. Rule of Law issues.

(7) 12 April - The Single Market.

(8) 19 April – The Economic and Monetary Union – history, crisis and the future of the Eurozone.

There will be no class on 26 April

(9) 3 May – Money: EU budget, funds, policies.

(10) 10 May - Democracy and Solidarity in the EU. Civic participation. Differentiated patterns of integration within the EU.

(11) 17 May - EU in the World: foreign, security and defence policies.

(12) 24 May - EU the contemporary crises: the Covid pandemics and the war in Ukraine. What future for the EU? Current debate on EU reform.