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PN20-28 - The Foundations of European Union

Course specification
Type of study Bachelor academic studies
Study programme
Course title The Foundations of European Union
Acronym Status Semester Number of classes ECTS
PN20-28 mandatory 5 3L + 1E 6.0
Lecturers
Lecturer
Lecturer/Associate (practicals)
Prerequisite Form of prerequisites
Learning objectives
It is expected that students will be able to understand the foundations on which the European Union functions, their reflection in the member states and the effects on the acceding states, as well as the new challenges that appear before the integrations, with the aim of being able to be actively involved in the processes of international connection that stand in front of BiH and RS.
Learning outcomes
We appreciate that this subject will make a significant contribution to understanding the overall picture of the unification of Europe in order to ensure economic growth and strengthen the ability to compete in relation to other large economies on the world stage. The strength of the European Union derives from its ability to act jointly on the basis of decisions made by democratic institutions: the European Council, the European Parliament, the Council of Ministers of the European Union, the European Commission, the Court of Justice of the European Union and other bodies. Students will become familiar with the origin and development of the process of European unification through several stages of expansion, and with the institutional system of European construction based on the functional cooperation of various institutions that operate in a complex system of connected processes to achieve integration. Students will be able to understand the dimensions of the current situation in the European Union, and by monitoring and analyzing the conditions governing the European integration process, they will be able to recognize the potential, advantages and perspectives of unification and further expansion both at the level of the Union and for the Western Balkans region.
Content
Jean Monet and the European Movement; Marshall Plan and European integration; Schuman plan; ECSC; EEC AND EUROATOM; Attempts to create a European defense community and a political community; The crisis of the empty chair; Luxembourg Compromise; Preventing membership of Great Britain; The first enlargement of the European Community; Summit in Paris in 1974; European monetary system; British budget issue; Single Market Program; Single European act; Mediterranean enlargement of the European Community Economic integration and geopolitical changes; Plan of Jacques Delors in the creation of the Economic and Monetary Union; Unification of Germany and the European Union; Treaty of Maastricht; The 1995 enlargement of the European Union; European Economic Area (EFTA); From the European Economic Area to joining the European Union; Extension from 2004; Copenhagen and Madrid criteria; Expansion from 2007; Croatia as a member of the European Union; Western Balkan countries and the European Union; The procedure from submission of the application for membership to the signing of the accession agreement; Conditions for enlargement, procedure and strategy for enlargement of the European Union; Treaty of Amsterdam; Treaty of Nice; Draft Treaty on a Constitution for Europe from 2004 and its rejection in referendums in France and the Netherlands; Treaty of Lisbon; Great Britain leaving the EU; The budget of the European Union; Sources of law of the European Union;
Teaching Methods
Teaching will be conducted by presenting topics, discussing questions from the material covered and reading assigned materials, as well as case analysis, problem discussions, debates and presentation of seminar papers in practice classes. An essential obligation of all students is to attend classes regularly, read material and be active in class, as well as writing pre-exam assignments.
Literature
  1. Dezmon Dinan: Sve bliža unija, uvod u evropsku integraciju, Beograd, Službeni Glasnik, 2009. (Original title)
  2. Dragoljub Todić; Vladimir Grbić; Miroslav Antevski: Pridruživanje Evropskoj uniji i održivi razvoj, Beograd, 2014. (Original title)
  3. Miroslav Prokopijević: Evropska unija – uvod, Službeni glasnik Beograd, 2009. (Original title)
  4. Manja Đurić Džakić: Organizaciona struktura i rad Savjeta Evropske unije, Banja Luka, 2021. (Original title)
  5. Mišel Fuše: Evropska unija pola veka kasnije: stanje i scenariji obnove, Službeni Glasnik Beograd, 2009. (Original title)
Evaluation and grading
Knowledge will be checked during the semester, in the form of pre-examination requirements, through two colloquiums, writing and defending a seminar paper, activity in practice classes, and at the end of the semester, as part of an oral exam from the entire course material, during regular exam periods.