The subject is devoted to the economic policy issue within the framework of the integration process implemented by EU member states. The development and institutional arrangement of this integration unit deals only to the extent necessary to understand the economic policy mechanisms. Instead, it discusses in more detail the issue of EU policies that they regard in their development from the creation of the EC / EU to the present. The interpretation is continuously updated to explain new economic policy mechanisms (eg the European Semester) related to the overcoming of macroeconomic imbalances and is complemented by their impact on the economic policy of the Czech Republic.