EU Institutions (ESA) - JMMZ149

• Title: EU Institutions (ESA)
• Guaranteed by: Department of European Studies (23-KZS)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2016 to 2016
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: 5 / unknown (5)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: prof. JUDr. PhDr. Ivo Šlosarčík, Ph.D., LL.M.
• Teacher(s): prof. JUDr. PhDr. Ivo Šlosarčík, Ph.D., LL.M.

Aim of the course

Last update: prof. JUDr. PhDr. Ivo Šlosarčík, Ph.D., LL.M. (22.09.2019)

The course aims at introducing and presenting post-Lisbon EU institutional mechanisms and decision-making procedures in all relevant matters and at all political levels. It will not be a simple description of the EU institutions (it is assumed such knowledge is acquired during the undergraduate courses). The course will instead opt for horizontal approach in order to learn about the changing role of the EU institutions in each policy area from the initial phase of a proposal until its implementation. For this purpose several case studies will be presented.

Course completion requirements

Last update: prof. JUDr. PhDr. Ivo Šlosarčík, Ph.D., LL.M. (10.12.2020)

Final written exam. 3-4 question on trends in the EU institutional system, combining theory with practical examples

Online format (email and/or moodle). Time limit: 60 minutes.

Grading uses scale A-F, in accordance of the respective regulations adopted by the FSV.

Literature

Last update: prof. JUDr. PhDr. Ivo Šlosarčík, Ph.D., LL.M. (15.10.2020)

 

See moodle.

Syllabus

Last update: prof. JUDr. PhDr. Ivo Šlosarčík, Ph.D., LL.M. (02.09.2020)

Structure of lectures/seminars

 

1. (Not so) new institutional architecture after Lisbon Treaty: distribution of power, loyalties, left-overs, expectations and practice, flexibility during COVID19 crisis (September 30)

2. European Council, Council(s) and rotating presidency (October 7)

3. European Commission: New Political Leadership or Business as usual? (October 14)

4. European Parliament: Ambitions versus legitimacy (October 21)

October 28 - no class

5. Creating a New Institution: European External Action Service (November 4)

6. Amending Founding Treaties: states and citizens as treaty-masters? (November 11)

7. EU legislative process: Service Directive, Posted Workers Directive and EAW Framework Decision (November 18)

8. EU Institutional Reaction to Eurozone Crisis 2010-2013: New institutions needed? (November 25)

9. EU Institutional Reaction to Refugee Crisis 2015-2016 (December 2)

10. EU Institutional Reaction to Brexit  (December 11)