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Test preparation European Integration
Assess the main learning objectives of this course:
• To acquire knowledge of the history of European integration, and the institutions and
policies of the European Union
• To understand the historical mechanisms that influence the process of European integration
and the relation between politics and institution in the formulation of European policies
• To apply theories of European integration to the process of European integration and to the
contemporary European Union.
• EU is the result of an “organic”, step-by-step growth process, like a cathedral. It is not the
result of the implementation of one single blueprint.
• The EU is the result of watered-down compromises between member states and between
political movements.
• The history of the early European Integration process is strongly connected to the history of
the Second World War, the Cold War (“German Question”), and the postwar process of
decolonisation
• The economic integration process has an ambivalent political character with features of
“Left wing” and “Right wing” politics (“Elastic Europe”)
Lectures:
1. Introduction
What is European integration? Voluntary cooperation of states that agreed on cooperation through
surrendering some of their national sovereignty.
Why did it only start after WW2? Peace, rescue of the nation state, limit the power of Germany.
An international organisation A federation A confederation
+ a partnership between No conclusive definition of a + a confederation consists of
countries federation exists. independent states, just like
_ the EU has more ambition _ European citizens are still EU member states.
_ members have more duties citizens of their own countries. + membership can be
_ partly supranational (the Eu _ Member States still have terminated at any time
has its own competences) many competences _ consequences of termination
are negative
2. EU INSTITUTIONS & COMPETENCES
Sovereignty.
Why are there EU institutions? Institutions are system that set certain rules of behaviour and
regulate the behaviour.
Exclusive competences Shared competences support
customs union internal market human health
competition rules social policy industry
monetary policy eurozone cohesion policy culture
biological resources agriculture+fishery tourism
commercial policy environment education
consumer protection civil protection
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