The course aims to familiarize students with the main policies of the European Union. Students will study the main aspects of the political structure of the EU, the functioning of European institutions and their policies, the economic policy of the EU, international policy, neighborhood policy, and others. The teachers intend to give students an understanding of these problems and discuss with them the main current trends that affect EU policies.
Main topics of the course.
1. The political structure of the European Union
2. Competences of the European Union
3. Legal basis of EU
4. EU economic policy
5. European institutions and their politics
6. Electoral Systems in Europe: from local elections to the European Parliament
6. EU political parties
7. Foreign policy of EU
8. European Neighbourhood Policy
9. European hard-, soft- and smart-power
10. The idea of European citizenship
11. Modern trends in European politics