Formation/Cours

Students who chose this course should be interested in European issues. Ideally they have good knowledge of current political and economical events in the EU or they want to better understand these events. Students will be asked to read some academic texts, some official texts and some articles from newspapers. It is important that students are willing to discuss.

At the end of the course, the student should be able to:

– understand the main issues of European integration
– understand the main stages in the process of accession to the EU
– understand the role of European institutions
– be able to identify the main challenges of the EU for coming years

I The European Union and its institutions
II The European Union – an ever enlarging structure
III Dealing with the EU Eastern enlargement: from association to integration
IV Public opinion in the EU
V Internal Challenges of the Enlarged EU
VI External Challenges of the Enlarged EU