Currently consisting of twenty-seven member states with supranational and intergovernmental features, the European Union has not only created a political and economic community, but also a single market by a system of laws which apply in all member states, guaranteeing the freedom of movement of people, goods, services, and capital.
In this course, we will look at the development of the European Union from the European Economic Community (EEC), established in 1957 as a customs union, to the introduction of the Euro as a common currency adopted by fifteen member states in 1999, to the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty in 2009 and beyond.
Topics presented include (but may not limited to) decision-making in the EU, the various EU institutions such as the Commission, the Council of the EU, the EU Parliament, the EU Central Bank etc.; immigration, foreign, and security policy; Brexit and Euroscepticism, the European Green Deal.