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EUROPEAN UNION

Chapter 5

THE MAKING OF THE EUROPEAN UNION Politics in Action

French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman Establishing a transnational “community” to govern

the coal and steel industries.

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Section 1

THE MAKING OF THE EUROPEAN UNION Critical Junctures

European Integration Begins after WWI European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) European Economic Community (EEC)

Treaty of Rome (1957) Common Agricultural Policy


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European Union Economic and Monetary Union Common Foreign and Security Policy Justice and home affairs cooperation 1991 Maastricht Treaty


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EU Challenges (after 1989) Security Formerly Communist countries 2001 Nice Treaty 2004 “European Convention” 2009 Lisbon Treaty Global financial collapse


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THE MAKING OF THE EUROPEAN UNION Themes and Comparisons

Shrinking national sovereignty EU role as mediator among states “Fifth enlargement” Role as normative Europe Difficult for ordinary Europeans to understand


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Where Do You Stand?

Being part of a fervent national community is a fundamental part of a person’s identity. Is it dangerous to tamper with this, as the EU has done?

Should the EU become a state? What kind of a state?


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POLITICS AND ECONOMICS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

State and Economy: EU Economic Governance Starting in the Cold War

Bretton Woods system – World Bank, IMF, GATT Marshall Plan Council of Europe European Coal and Steel Community The Common Market

European Commission European Court of Justice


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Section 2


State and Economy: EU Economic Governance Crisis and Renewal: 1970–1993

British, Irish, Danes join in 1973 Stagflation European Council “Eurosclerosis” Maastricht Treaty


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Globalization and the EU World Trade Organization Treaty of Lisbon 2009


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Globalization and the EU The Great Recession and the Euro zone

Crisis Greek financial crisis

Euro Plus Pact Treaty on Stability, Coordination, and Governance Banking Union

Overall loss of confidence in the EU


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Where Do You Stand?

Does EU-style transnational cooperation in response to large economic challenges inevitably create profound political problems?

Some EU countries do better than others economically, even in crises as threatening as the recent global financial collapse. Why?


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EU GOVERNANCE

The Maze of EU Institutions The European Commission

Administers EU competition policies Common Agricultural Policy European single market administration Development for poor nations Environmental policy Budget Foreign aid and diplomacy


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Section 3

EU GOVERNANCE

The Maze of EU Institutions The Council of Ministers

Community method The European Council


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EU GOVERNANCE

The Maze of EU Institutions The European Parliament

President and executive bureau elected Co-decisions Citizen initiative procedure

The European Court of Justice Supersedes law of member states


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EU GOVERNANCE

The Maze of EU Institutions Other Institutions

Advisory committees Court of Auditors European Investment Bank Community agencies


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Where Do You Stand?

EU institutions are much more difficult to understand than those of most democratic national states, to the detriment of European integration. If true, why?


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Where Do You Stand?

Imagine you are a European trying to make sense of all this. Would you throw up your hands and revert to your national identity or would you dive headlong into the brave new world of Europe?


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THE EU AND ITS POLICIES

Building a European Market Common market “Four freedoms” Sometimes blocked by special interests


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Section 4


Competition Policy Commission’s negative powers: preventing

illegal behavior Commission’s positive powers: regulating and

authorizing Constantly evolving


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Agriculture Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Redistributive

Regional Development Structural funds Economic and social cohesion policy


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The Euro and EMU Economic transparency Price stability European System of Central Banks


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Shared Policies Globalization and Competitiveness Social Policy Environmental Policy


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Intergovernmental Europe Encroaching on national sovereignty Justice and Home Affairs

Intergovernmentalism Lisbon Treaty (communitization)

Foreign and Security Policy


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Where Do You Stand?

The EU’s institutional system seems to be too complicated to understand and does not work very well. Can the EU survive and thrive?

The EU institutions may not be democratically legitimate enough to sustain the EU’s policies. What institutional changes might help to change this?


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EURO-POLITICS IN TRANSITION

EU now in “young adult” status Policy challenges:

Foreign affairs and defense Environment Market liberalization Monetary union

Globalization and multipolarity Great Recession and Eurozone crisis


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Section 5

Where Do You Stand?

Enlargement of the EU to include almost all European countries, ex-communist central and eastern European ones in particular, was bound to bring new difficulties. What are the most important of these difficulties, how has the EU responded to them, and how well have these responses worked?

The Euro-zone crisis has left the EU in a difficult situation. EU member states are at odds, many citizens are unhappy, and economic conditions are not promising. How might the EU rekindle public enthusiasm for the cause of integration?Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

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