Political structures and processes of the EU
Bachelor in Social Sciences: 1
2017-2018
,Table of Content
Introduction:
o Why study European Integration
A short history of European Integration
o European Recovery Program
o European Coal and Steel Community
o Common market
o European Economic Community
o The Single European Act
o Maastricht Treaty
o Amsterdam Treaty
o Nice Treaty
European Union’s institutions I
o The European Council
o The Council of Ministers
o Intergovernmental bargaining
o Qualified Majority Voting
o Ordinary Legislative Procedure
o Treaty change
European Union’s institutions
o The European Commission
o The European Parliament
o Legislative procedures and treaty change
o The Court of Justice
o A question of competences
o Legislative procedures
o Treaty change
The EU-budget
o Some facts & figures: EU & national budgets
o Income: where does the money come from?
o Expenses: where does the money go?
o Budget and the European policy agenda
The single market and the common agricultural policy
o Turn to policies
o Begin at the beginning
§ Single Market
§ Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
o Concept of spillover
Economic governance and the European Monetary Union
o The long road to EMU
, o Monetary policy and the ECB
o The Eurozone crisis in brief
o Two-pack, sic-pack, European semester and other remedies
o Towards banking union?
Trade vs Justice and Home Affairs
o A question of competences
o Trade
o JHA politics
o Migration crisis?
EU enlargement and processes of the EU
o Enlargement as geographical-historical process
o Conditions for enlargement & rule of law
o From enlargement to neighborhood policy
o What about NATO & relations with Russia?
o Brexit as reverse enlargement
Europe as a global actor
o The nature of European foreign politics
o Instruments & institutional architecture
§ external relations: trade, developments, humanitarian aid
§ common foreign and security policy
§ member state foreign policies
o Europe in the world: selected issues
, Political Structures and Processes of the EU
27/09
Photos:
1: Ypres Salient (WWI)
2: Bombing of Antwerp (WWII)
3: Helmut Kohl and François Mitterand (1984) paying tribute to the fallen (at the cemetery
of Verdun)
Holding hands: symbol of reconciliation
Back then: European politics kind of stagnated
Now: a lot of conflicts and debate
4: Commemoration of Verdun (Hollande and Merkel)
5: Commemoration of the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)
Reasons to study European Integration:
European integration is the process of industrial, political, legal, economic, social and
cultural integration of states wholly or partially in Europe. European integration has primarily
come about through the European Union and its policies.
= THE critical historical phenomenon of postwar Europe
1) European integration is a peace project: the search for something different after the
wars. It’s important to understand where we come from and to definitely not forget
what has happened (to learn from our mistakes)
6: symbolizes the Euro: European Central Bank (ECB headquarters in Frankfurt) (Euro-crisis)
7: Little Syrian refugee drowned (refugee crisis)
8: Ukraine: tanks driving through Europe (2014)
Ukraine VS Russia (over Crimea)
2014: very first point in time where borders were re-drawn on the European map bc
of military reasons)
9: Climate change over the years: 1880 to 2010
6-9: all very big problems for European countries
2) European-level policy-making means having to deal with big problems (it’s not just
technocracy)
Technocracy is a system of governance where decision-makers are selected on the basis
of technological knowledge. Scientists, engineers, technologists, or experts in any field, would
compose the governing body, instead of elected representatives.
10: Mario Draghi news conference (confetti)
11: Protest at Greek parliament
Bachelor in Social Sciences: 1
2017-2018
,Table of Content
Introduction:
o Why study European Integration
A short history of European Integration
o European Recovery Program
o European Coal and Steel Community
o Common market
o European Economic Community
o The Single European Act
o Maastricht Treaty
o Amsterdam Treaty
o Nice Treaty
European Union’s institutions I
o The European Council
o The Council of Ministers
o Intergovernmental bargaining
o Qualified Majority Voting
o Ordinary Legislative Procedure
o Treaty change
European Union’s institutions
o The European Commission
o The European Parliament
o Legislative procedures and treaty change
o The Court of Justice
o A question of competences
o Legislative procedures
o Treaty change
The EU-budget
o Some facts & figures: EU & national budgets
o Income: where does the money come from?
o Expenses: where does the money go?
o Budget and the European policy agenda
The single market and the common agricultural policy
o Turn to policies
o Begin at the beginning
§ Single Market
§ Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
o Concept of spillover
Economic governance and the European Monetary Union
o The long road to EMU
, o Monetary policy and the ECB
o The Eurozone crisis in brief
o Two-pack, sic-pack, European semester and other remedies
o Towards banking union?
Trade vs Justice and Home Affairs
o A question of competences
o Trade
o JHA politics
o Migration crisis?
EU enlargement and processes of the EU
o Enlargement as geographical-historical process
o Conditions for enlargement & rule of law
o From enlargement to neighborhood policy
o What about NATO & relations with Russia?
o Brexit as reverse enlargement
Europe as a global actor
o The nature of European foreign politics
o Instruments & institutional architecture
§ external relations: trade, developments, humanitarian aid
§ common foreign and security policy
§ member state foreign policies
o Europe in the world: selected issues
, Political Structures and Processes of the EU
27/09
Photos:
1: Ypres Salient (WWI)
2: Bombing of Antwerp (WWII)
3: Helmut Kohl and François Mitterand (1984) paying tribute to the fallen (at the cemetery
of Verdun)
Holding hands: symbol of reconciliation
Back then: European politics kind of stagnated
Now: a lot of conflicts and debate
4: Commemoration of Verdun (Hollande and Merkel)
5: Commemoration of the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)
Reasons to study European Integration:
European integration is the process of industrial, political, legal, economic, social and
cultural integration of states wholly or partially in Europe. European integration has primarily
come about through the European Union and its policies.
= THE critical historical phenomenon of postwar Europe
1) European integration is a peace project: the search for something different after the
wars. It’s important to understand where we come from and to definitely not forget
what has happened (to learn from our mistakes)
6: symbolizes the Euro: European Central Bank (ECB headquarters in Frankfurt) (Euro-crisis)
7: Little Syrian refugee drowned (refugee crisis)
8: Ukraine: tanks driving through Europe (2014)
Ukraine VS Russia (over Crimea)
2014: very first point in time where borders were re-drawn on the European map bc
of military reasons)
9: Climate change over the years: 1880 to 2010
6-9: all very big problems for European countries
2) European-level policy-making means having to deal with big problems (it’s not just
technocracy)
Technocracy is a system of governance where decision-makers are selected on the basis
of technological knowledge. Scientists, engineers, technologists, or experts in any field, would
compose the governing body, instead of elected representatives.
10: Mario Draghi news conference (confetti)
11: Protest at Greek parliament
