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Ukončeno v akademickém roce 2021/2022

Economic Policy of the European Union

Type of study Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 120-0305/07
Abbreviation HP EU
Course title Economic Policy of the European Union
Credits 3
Coordinating department Department of International Economic Relations
Course coordinator Ing. Boris Navrátil, CSc.

Osnova předmětu

1.Objectives of economic policy. Economic, social and territorial cohesion. The Lisbon agenda. Europe 2020. Enlargement versus deepening EU integration. Acquis communautaire.
2.International economic cooperation in a globalized world economy. The position of the European Union in the global economy. The EU and its members in overcoming the symptoms of the economic crisis.
3.Legal, institutional and financial capacity to supranational regulation (governance) and an economic policy in the European Union. The common EU budget. The Lisbon Treaty - the removal of the democratic deficit, subsidiarity.
4.Deepening integration development of the Customs Union to the single internal market. Policy measures needed for its operation. The Single European Act. Tax harmonization. The social aspect of the single internal market.
5.Competition policy and its importance for a single internal market. The issue of cartel agreements, market dominance and state aid to companies. Consumer protection policy.
6.Monetary cooperation in Europe from the 50´s the 90´s. European Monetary System, its operation and effectiveness.
7.Stages of formation of the European Economic and Monetary Union. Common monetary policy. Formation of the Banking Union.
8.Cooperation in the area of ​​fiscal policy. Formation of the Fiscal Union.
9. EU's position in international trade relations. Common commercial policy.
10.The Common Agricultural Policy and its reforms. Politics of Rural Renewal. The Common Fisheries Policy.
11.Common transport policy. Trans-European networks.
12.EU structural policy. EU Structural Funds. Support for small and medium-sized enterprises.
13.Policy supporting research and technological development in the EU. Space Policy.
14.Environmental policy in the EU. Energy policy in the EU. Programme 20-20-20 to 2020.

E-learning

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Povinná literatura

1. BALDWIN, Richard and Charles WYPLOSZ. The Economics of European Integration. 6th edition. McGraw-Hill Education, 2021. 400 s. ISBN 978-1526847218 .
2. CINI, Michelle a Nieves PÉREZ-SOLÓRZANO BORRAGÁN, ed. European Union politics. Sixth edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. ISBN 978-0-19-880653-0.
3. BISCOP, Sven. European Strategy in the 21st Century. Abingdon: Routledge, 2019. ISBN 978-1-138-38472-9.

Doporučená literatura

1. AMATO, Giuliano, Enzo MOAVERO-MILANESI, Gianfranco PASQUINO a Lucrezia REICHLIN, ed. The history of the European Union: constructing utopia. Oxford: Hart, 2019. ISBN 978-1-5099-1741-9.
2. DAWSON, Mark and Floris de WITTE. EU law and governance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. ISBN 978-1-108-79943-0 .
3.HERLIN-KARNELL, E., CONWAY, G. and A. GANESH. European Union law in context. Oxford: HART, 2021. ISBN 978-1-84946-701-8 .