EU POLITICS
Institutions, theories and challenges.
EUS1006
Max
Assignments 0-11
Pre-and-post-discussion.
*Use tables and lists in Nugent.
,Part I The Making of the European Union
Assignment 0
Pre-Discussion
- What do you think should be the objective of European integration be?
- What is the best strategy to get there?
- How should we, the citizens, get involved?
People should feel more integrated and feel more involved in the decision-making process
within the European Union. See what they are really interested in and were they are
concerned of. A more democratic legitimacy will lead to more participation and interest in
the EU.
But in my opinion the EU should not become a federal organ, but more a center for inter-
governmental participation. So, participation between the governments, with them still
having a lot of power, and participation on subjects like safety, the euro, welfare etcetera.
Post-Discussion
-
Assignment 1
Pre-Discussion
How did the MT come about?
What where the different positions of key actors and their implications?
What where the outcomes of the MT?
What where the biggest sacrifices of the Treaty
How did the treaty affect sovereignty?
- Former treaties
- Historical context
- Pillar system
- Historical
- Content of MT
- Evolution of MT
M.T.? Why Maastricht, location.
2
,Post-Discussion
Compromises of political integration
• What led to the establishment of the Maastricht Treaty, and what influenced it
(historical context).
• Compare the Maastricht Treaty and the Treaty of Rome.
o What was sacrificed in the Maastricht Treaty?
o What is the three-pillar system and how did the pillars change?
o Which aspects of the pillar system can be improved to tackle the debt crisis?
(the institutions) And how did they tackle it in general?
• Compare the conflicting interests in forming the Maastricht Treaty?
• How did the view on the Maastricht Treaty change?
• What are the different views on the United States of Europe?
SINGLE EUROPEAN ACT
QMVà increase in power, increase in supranationalism
Free market: free movement of people, capital goods and services à completed the internal
market.
Power of the EP was increased
Increased in the intergovernmental conference à changed structure of decision making.
Intergovernmental but also supranationalism à a compromise.
3
, - What led to the establishment of the Maastricht Treaty, and what influenced it
(historical context). HISTORICAL ASPECTS
- Internal factors
- Disappointment on the SEA (single Eur. Act).
- Wanted more integration
o Economic and Monetary Union EMU
o Acceptance of a ‘social dimension that would soften and offset some of the
liberal market/deregulatory implications of SEM
o Because of dismantling of border controls, need for mechanisms to deal with
drug trafficking etc.
o Democratic deficit
- Break up of communist bloc. Fall of the wall. Break-up of Yugoslavia. Uncertainty in
international relations. Redefine defense policies.
- Progress made in the Field of Economic and Monetary Union, economic stability.
- External factors
• Compare the Maastricht Treaty and the Treaty of Rome.
• MAASTRICHT TREATY
o What was sacrificed in the Maastricht Treaty?
o What is the three-pillar system and how did the pillars change?
o Which aspects of the pillar system can be improved to tackle the debt crisis?
(the institutions) And how did they tackle it in general?
• Internal factors
o SEA was a disappointment
o Single European Market, EMU
o More social integration
o More safety
o Democratic deficit, more power for the Parliament.
o Spill-over effect
EEC three tasks:
- Create a common market
- Complete integration in economic sectors
After M.T. new tasks:
- Cooperation on the field of national and judicial policy
- Formation of an Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).
- To carry out a common security and foreign policy
- Establishment of a European Citizenship
Convening IGC:
à political Union
à economical Union and Monetary Union
Maastricht Treaty
- European Union
- EU citizenship
- Three pillars
4
Institutions, theories and challenges.
EUS1006
Max
Assignments 0-11
Pre-and-post-discussion.
*Use tables and lists in Nugent.
,Part I The Making of the European Union
Assignment 0
Pre-Discussion
- What do you think should be the objective of European integration be?
- What is the best strategy to get there?
- How should we, the citizens, get involved?
People should feel more integrated and feel more involved in the decision-making process
within the European Union. See what they are really interested in and were they are
concerned of. A more democratic legitimacy will lead to more participation and interest in
the EU.
But in my opinion the EU should not become a federal organ, but more a center for inter-
governmental participation. So, participation between the governments, with them still
having a lot of power, and participation on subjects like safety, the euro, welfare etcetera.
Post-Discussion
-
Assignment 1
Pre-Discussion
How did the MT come about?
What where the different positions of key actors and their implications?
What where the outcomes of the MT?
What where the biggest sacrifices of the Treaty
How did the treaty affect sovereignty?
- Former treaties
- Historical context
- Pillar system
- Historical
- Content of MT
- Evolution of MT
M.T.? Why Maastricht, location.
2
,Post-Discussion
Compromises of political integration
• What led to the establishment of the Maastricht Treaty, and what influenced it
(historical context).
• Compare the Maastricht Treaty and the Treaty of Rome.
o What was sacrificed in the Maastricht Treaty?
o What is the three-pillar system and how did the pillars change?
o Which aspects of the pillar system can be improved to tackle the debt crisis?
(the institutions) And how did they tackle it in general?
• Compare the conflicting interests in forming the Maastricht Treaty?
• How did the view on the Maastricht Treaty change?
• What are the different views on the United States of Europe?
SINGLE EUROPEAN ACT
QMVà increase in power, increase in supranationalism
Free market: free movement of people, capital goods and services à completed the internal
market.
Power of the EP was increased
Increased in the intergovernmental conference à changed structure of decision making.
Intergovernmental but also supranationalism à a compromise.
3
, - What led to the establishment of the Maastricht Treaty, and what influenced it
(historical context). HISTORICAL ASPECTS
- Internal factors
- Disappointment on the SEA (single Eur. Act).
- Wanted more integration
o Economic and Monetary Union EMU
o Acceptance of a ‘social dimension that would soften and offset some of the
liberal market/deregulatory implications of SEM
o Because of dismantling of border controls, need for mechanisms to deal with
drug trafficking etc.
o Democratic deficit
- Break up of communist bloc. Fall of the wall. Break-up of Yugoslavia. Uncertainty in
international relations. Redefine defense policies.
- Progress made in the Field of Economic and Monetary Union, economic stability.
- External factors
• Compare the Maastricht Treaty and the Treaty of Rome.
• MAASTRICHT TREATY
o What was sacrificed in the Maastricht Treaty?
o What is the three-pillar system and how did the pillars change?
o Which aspects of the pillar system can be improved to tackle the debt crisis?
(the institutions) And how did they tackle it in general?
• Internal factors
o SEA was a disappointment
o Single European Market, EMU
o More social integration
o More safety
o Democratic deficit, more power for the Parliament.
o Spill-over effect
EEC three tasks:
- Create a common market
- Complete integration in economic sectors
After M.T. new tasks:
- Cooperation on the field of national and judicial policy
- Formation of an Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).
- To carry out a common security and foreign policy
- Establishment of a European Citizenship
Convening IGC:
à political Union
à economical Union and Monetary Union
Maastricht Treaty
- European Union
- EU citizenship
- Three pillars
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