MPR_EUIP European Union

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Marie-Liesse Houbé (lecturer), Ing. Dominika Tóthová, Ph.D. (deputy)
doc. Ing. Viktorie Klímová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. David Sehnálek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Dominika Tóthová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Vladimír Žítek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Marie-Liesse Houbé (seminar tutor), Ing. Dominika Tóthová, Ph.D. (deputy)
prof. JUDr. Filip Křepelka, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Viktorie Klímová, Ph.D.
Department of Regional Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: PhDr. Ing. Pavla Hradecká
Supplier department: Department of Regional Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 24 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/24, only registered: 1/24
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Aims of the course are following:
- to summarize integration processes and their development,
- to explain division of tasks between the EU and member states,
- to introduce organizational structure and role of individual institutions of the EU,
- to explain system of law and related legislative procedures within the EU institutional framework,
- to explain common and coordinated policies,
- to outline budgetary aspects of the EU,
- to deal with other topics and current trends like crossboarder cooperation, relationships between the EU and Czechia, relationships between the EU and other international organizations.
Learning outcomes
By passing the course students will:
- understand the development and trends in EU integration,
- be able to explain institutional structure of the EU and roles of its individual parts,
- understand the EU law and its relationships to legislation of member states,
- understand development and trends in common and coordinated policies,
- be able to explain budgetary aspects of the EU and sources of the EU´s budget,
- be able to discuss current trends and issues of the EU and further integration.
Syllabus
  • 1. History of European integration, member countries and EU enlargement, symbols of the EU
  • 2. Introduction to European law, characteristics of EU law and primary sources of law, powers of the EU
  • 3. EU institutions and bodies
  • 4. Secondary sources of EU law and powers
  • 5. EU budget
  • 6. EU policies and division of competences between the EU and the Member States
  • 7. Stages of integration, single internal market, economic and monetary union
  • 8. EU trade policy
  • 9. Common agricultural policy
  • 10. EU transport policy
  • 11. EU cohesion policy
  • 12. EU judiciary and enforcement of EU law
  • 13. EU external relations
  • 14. Relations between the Czech Republic and the European Union
Literature
    required literature
  • LACINA, Lubor a Petr BLÍŽKOVSKÝ. Učebnice evropské integrace. 5. přepracované a aktualiz. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2022. ISBN 978-80-7364-145-0.
  • TÝČ, Vladimír. Základy práva Evropské unie pro ekonomy. 7. přepracované a aktualiz. Praha: Leges, 2017, 352 stran. ISBN 9788075022431. info
    recommended literature
  • BALDWIN, Richard and Christopher WYPLOSZ. The Economics of European integration. Seventh Edition. London: McGraw-Hill, 2022. ISBN 13-9781526849437.
  • FIALA, Petr, Ondřej KRUTÍLEK and Markéta PITROVÁ. Evropská unie. 3., aktualizované, rozší. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury (CDK), 2018, 990 stran. ISBN 9788073254506. info
  • ŠLOSARČÍK, Ivo. Právní a politický systém Evropské unie. 4. vydání. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2017, 373 stran. ISBN 9788075525345. info
Teaching methods
lectures, seminars, group discussions, esseyes and their presentation
Assessment methods
Evaluation will consider continual work of students (assessment of their seminar works and presentations) and results of the final written exam. The written exam consists of a multiple-choice test. The minimum to pass the exam is 60% of the total points.
Successful completion of the course is conditioned by participation in French block teaching. Any absence can be excused only in case of illness by confirmation from a doctor, within 5 working days from the end of the absence.
The French part of the course concludes with a written exam scored according to the French evaluation (scale from 0 to 20), it is necessary to obtain at least 10/20. The result is then converted according to the Czech scale of grades and averaged with the Czech grade.
The final evaluation of the course is the average of the Czech and French grades.

There are no attendance requirements for students who are on an Erasmus stay abroad. The condition for taking the exam is processing a seminar paper. Regarding the assignment of the seminar work, and possibly other information, students should contact the guarantor at the beginning of the semester.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Část výuky probíhá ve francouzštině.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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