EVSb1001 European Integration

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Markéta Pitrová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petra Kuchyňková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Markéta Pitrová, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Tue 14:00–15:40 Aula
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
EVSb1001/sk1: Mon 5. 10. 12:00–13:40 U34, Mon 4. 1. 8:00–9:40 PC54, Mon 11. 1. 12:00–13:40 U34, P. Kuchyňková, M. Pitrová
EVSb1001/sk2: Mon 5. 10. 14:00–15:40 U32, Mon 4. 1. 14:00–15:40 PC54, Mon 11. 1. 14:00–15:40 AVC, P. Kuchyňková, M. Pitrová
EVSb1001/sk3: Mon 5. 10. 18:00–19:40 M117, Mon 4. 1. 18:00–19:40 M117, Mon 11. 1. 18:00–19:40 M117, P. Kuchyňková, M. Pitrová
Prerequisites
! EVS104 European Integration && !NOW( EVS104 European Integration )
The course is meant for ES students. It is a preliminary entry course on the topic of the EU.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is aimed for ES students and is focused on the detailed knowledge of the European integration process. In general it is focused on the origin, establishment and development of the EC\EU, observes the main documents, milestones and analyses their importance. The course deals with the chronological line beginning with the establishment of the federal groups and their incentives and finishing of the Treaty of Nice and the preparation process to the Constitution Treaty of the EU and the Lisbon Treaty. In the end of the course the students will be able to understand the concrete consequences of the political decisions of the member states, including the possible basic reform goals. Actually the course will deal with the formation of the European constitution and the Lisbon Treaty. The enlargement of the EC\EU is not discussed in this subject because there is another course dealing with it.
The reading of the original documents and their partial analyses are part of the course.
The structure of the course is as following: Lectures, 2 tests form the documents, two workshops and the final test.
Learning outcomes
Describe and explain the main changes of the European integration process from 1950´s to the present times (the years following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty). To be able to read and search in the EC/EU primary law. To acquire the basics of the analysis of the key phenomena and events in the history of the EC/EU integration process. To be able to present the results of the analysis in the class, in the form of the PPT presentation. To be able to work in a group (PPT presentations, searching the the EC/EU primary law).
Syllabus
  • Structure of the lectures:
  • 1. Organizational instructions
  • 2. Ideas of the united Europe and integrating attempts in the first half of 20th century, the beginning of modern European integration: ECSC, path towards the EEC and EURATOM
  • - Briand’s plan and the USE
  • - Richard Nikolaus Coudenhove-Kalergi and the Paneuropean group
  • - Attempts of French-English and French-German convergence
  • - Centers of the democratically united European idea during WW2
  • - Marshall plan and OEEC
  • - The threat of the Soviet Union and the Pact of Brussels
  • - The Council of Europe
  • - Federalist groups after WW2 and the Haag Congress 1948
  • - The Pleven’s plan
  • - The Schuman plan
  • - The negotiations in Messina and preparation for EC
  • - The establishment of the ECC
  • 3. EEC in work, problems of the integration process in the 1960s, Luxembourg compromise
  • - EFTA
  • - The Fouchet plan of a European political union
  • – The Community is blocked by the Luxembourg compromise, the Eurosclerosis, finding a way out of the crisis, the deepening of the integration, the summit of Haag and its contributions
  • 4. Termination, deepening and enlargement I.
  • The recovery of the integration and its Eastern and Southern enlargement and the deepening of the integration – budget treaties, the Werner plan, the Davignon report, conditions of accession, the British problem, the Fontainebleau Agreement, the Dooge Committee, the Adonnin report, the plans of the Delors Commission, the White Book about the internal market, the Schengen Agreement, the Delors report, the Social Charta
  • 5. Termination, deepening and enlargement II. + I. test from the documents
  • - The Single European Act
  • 6. Establishment of the European union and the northern enlargement
  • – double intergovernmental conference, the Treaty of the EU, Maastricht, opt-outs, the EU citizenship
  • 7. The Treaty of Amsterdam
  • - mechanism of constructive abstention, flexible – empowered cooperation, basic values of the Union and their protection, institutional reforms with regard to the enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe
  • 8. The Treaty of Nice and the accession process of Central and Eastern Europe
  • – the candidates, defense of values, reform, the importance of the enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe, its treaty, main changes
  • 9. The discussion of the future of Europe I. The Treaty Establishing the Constitution for Europe
  • – Laeken, Convent mandate, its structure and roles, formation of the European constitution
  • 10. The discussion of the future of Europe II., path towards The Lisbon Treaty and its contents
  • 11. LS ratification process, the EU and the problems of the integration process after the ratification of The Lisbon Treaty + II. test from the documents
  • Besides the lectures students are obliged to attend two seminars during the semester. The tasks and discussions in the seminars deal with the development of EC/EU primary law. In the case of the first seminar the tasks and discussions will focus on the Treaty Establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, Treaty Establishing the European Economic Community, Treaty Establishing the European Atomic Energy Community and The Single European Act. In the case of the second seminar the task and discussions will focus on the Maastricht Treaty, the Amsterdam Treaty, The Treaty of Nice and The Lisbon Treaty.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • FIALA, Petr and Markéta PITROVÁ. Evropská unie. 2., dopl. a aktualiz. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2009, 803 s. ISBN 9788073252236. info
Teaching methods
The course is based on lectures and individual work with the study recourses.The reading of the original documents and their partial analyses are part of the course. The structure of the course is as following: Lectures, 2 tests form the documents, 2 workshops with seminar papers, on-line test and the final test.
Assessment methods
The course is finished by an examination. The partial exam is the condition for the access to the examination. Students may achieve this on the basis of the shown activity. It includes two tests about the studied literature (documents), on-line test concerning the Lisbon Treaty and preparations for the two workshops. An absence during the tests has the consequence, that the students need to rewrite it in the exam week. None of the tests can be repeated. The condition of min. 16 points (for both of the tests) must be fulfilled to be allowed to the final examination. The workshops allow the students to get some points in reserve. The particular discussions will concern the development of EC/EU primary law. The literature for the subject will be placed in the section “Study materials” in IS. The exact conditions of the point evaluation for the tests and workshops will be published in the section “Study materials”. The topics and particular tasks for the workshop papers will be published there as well.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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