Plan of the course:

New (?) institucional architecture after Lisbon Treaty: distribution of power, loyalties, left-overs, expectations and practice (October 3 2012)

Council or Councils? European Council, Council of the EU, rotating presidency (October 10 2012)

European Parliament: Competencies and ambitions vs. weak legitimacy (October 17 2012)

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European Commission : Business as usual? (October 31 2012)

EEAS: A new-comer (November 7 2012)

Political Cycle in the EU : political initiation, legal initiative, legislative procedure, judicial review of legality, implementation and its control (November 14 2012)

Amending Founding Treaties : states and citizens as treaty-masters? (November 21 2012)

General EU :egislative process: chocolate directive, service directive and REACH mechanism (November 28 2012)

Budgetary Process in the EU (December 5 2012)

EU Reaction to Eurozone Crisis 2010-2012: New institutions needed? (December 12 2012)

CAP Decision-Making : On sugar and wine (December 19 2012)