Ateneo - UPO

How the European Union was formed; what are the institutional structures that make the European Union a "political subject"; how the European Union is governed.

Simon Usherwood &John Pinder, "The European Union. A Very Short Introduction", Oxford University Press, 2018 (Fourth Edition).
Consolidate version of the Treaty on European Union.
Consolidate Version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

Knowledge of the mechanisms of European governance as outcomes of a process of historical-institutional formation. Ablity to orientate on the current political perspectives of the European Union.

No prerequisites

Frontal lesson.

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Oral exam.

1. The institutional structures that make the European Union a "political subject";
2. What does the expression "political subject" mean in the institutional history of modern and contemporary Europe?
3. For what purpose was the European Union established?
4. How was the European Union established?
5. How is the European Union governed?
6. Single market, single currency;
7. Agriculture, regions; budget; social policy, environmental policy;
8. An area of freedom, security and justice;
9. Characteristics and limits of a great civil power;
10. The European Union and the rest of Europe;
11. THe European Union in the world;
12. The European Union, the Covid-19 problem and the migration flows problem.

See "Obiettivi formativi" (=Objectives of the teaching).