Programme 2019 |
Documents
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Presentations and films
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1. Wednesday 04 September 09h30-12h30 Room B511 Epistemology, Empires and the EU |
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Epistemology 3. EU Members 6. Enlargement (European Commission) 7. Supranational European bodies (picture) 7. Supranational European bodies (key) 8. (Quiz in teams) EU Member countries The future size of the EU / EEA |
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A history of empires (from 3000BC) 4. A brief history of EU enlargement (film from The Economist) 5. European Enlargement (film from the IIEA) |
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2. Wednesday 11 September 09h30-12h30 Room B511 Enlargement 1. European levels of integration Case studies: Turkey and Cyprus |
The
Copenhagen criteria EU membership and partners EU European Neighbourhood states |
4. A brief
history of EU enlargement (film from
The Economist) 5. European Enlargement (film from the IIEA) Turkey and the EU (pdf DR) Turkey and EU immigration Introduction to the Armenian genocide French genocide - book French genocide - film (English subtitles available) 19m |
| Lesson 3. Wednesday 25 September 09h30-12h30 Room 808 EU structure and difficulties |
Preparation of presentations 'Solving Europe' Research and presentation groups Eurobarometer (European Commission) |
Solving Europe Presentations Employment Immigration The Euro Global warming EU Defence Environment Lack of Democracy ERASMUS and education Pollution Euroscepticism |
| Lesson 4. Wednesday 02 October 09h30-12h30 Room 808 |
Group presentations: 'Solving Europe' (25% of final evaluation) | |
| Lesson 5. Wednesday 09 October 09h30-12h30 Room 808 'Solving Europe' presentations |
Continue presentations: 'Solving Europe'. | |
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6. Wednesday 16 October 09h30-12h30 Room 808 Common Agriculture Policy |
Country research: Gini score (wealth distribution) Poverty level HDI (Human Development Index) CAP (EU Commission) Farm Subsidies (farmsubsidy.org) Agricultural import duties US food subsidies |
Farm Subsidies film (farmsubsidy.org) CAP (pdf DR) Introduction to CAP (video) MacDonalds and food industrialisation Corn-fed beef and sustainability Feedlots EU-Mercosur trade negotiations and beef (DW) The Meatrix (video) |
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7. Wednesday 23 October 09h30-12h30 Room 808 The Troika and Debt Control |
Midterm revision |
Greece, the Troika, debt control and the change from a solidarity to predatory model. Greek debt crisis |
| Lesson 8. Wednesday 30 October 09h30-12h30 Room 808 Lobbying in the EU |
Lobbying Transparency Register (European
Commission) BEUC Fleishman Hillard Grayling Hill and Knowlton Emily Rees Direct and indirect lobbying: Danone Biggest lobbyists in Brussels Philip Morris in Brussels Student case studies 2019 Danone Oxfam Sanofi Scania Tesla Wikipedia 2018 Coca Cola E-privacy Europeche Mercosur Monsanto Volkswagen |
Billy wants a
dog (flv)
(US) Lobbyists (flv) (US) What does a lobbyist do? (flv) (Germany) Lobbying presentation (pdf) Regional fund recipients CAP recipients |
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9 Wednesday 06 November 09h30-12h30 Room B514 World Food Security |
Food speculation Cereals trading charts (TradingCharts.com) Food prices Food riots Community Channel (video 5m) Global Food Crisis All voices.com (video 4m) World poverty |
World Food
Security to 2050 (DR) FAO 2017 report on world food security (pdf 180 pages) |
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10 Wednesday 13 November 09h30-12h30 Room 808 EU budget |
EU budget update (2017) EU video - budget Research. See work document EU Commission: Financial programming and budget EU Budget facts and myths Group discussion - reorganise the EU budget |
Tobin Tax and FTT (4m) European Financial Transfer Tax (FTT) (DukasCopy 2.5m) David Cameron Anti-FTT |
Lesson 11 Wednesday 20 November 09h30-12h30 Room 808 EU External Trade Agreements / Negotiations |
EU Trade Policy pdf EU Trade Policy video (European Commission) EU Trade Policy pdf EU Commission Trade Negotiations and Agreements EU Trade negotiations (DG Trade) What is ISDS? ISDS in Australia / US Trade Agreement ISDS Case Studies EU Mercosur trade agreement agreed by the EU Commission EU Mercosur trade agreement and the environment EU Mercosur trade agreement and agriculture (EuroNews) Global Trade Agreements (TedTalks) |
Exports and Imports |
Lesson 12. Wednesday 27 November 09h30-12h30 Room 808 The Single Market Trade Wars Revision |
Intra-EU competition - pre/post Euro competition and Economic Darwinism. wages, social costs, environmental costs, government investment, subsidies and tax breaks Privatisation of public services Privatising French SNCF? Posting workers EU minimum salaries (picture) Exam revision |
EU Single market video The Single Market (pdf DR based on the two films) The WTO Banana Trade Wars Airbus / Boeing trade war Rocquefort cheese in Airbus / Boeing trade war |
Lesson 13. Wednesday 04 December 09h30-12h30 Room B511 Brexit |
France's veto of UK EEC entry We Want our Money Back (Thatcher) The UK rebate |
Brexit update (humour) Brexit timetable Brexit pdf (Rees) Brexit and the Irish border Brexit fishing map Scottish independence Brexit and Airbus Brexit and Airbus. Stats Brexit and car sales Brexit and UK - EU trade UK non-EU trade Post-Brexit trade Pound sterling to US dollar Pound sterling to Euro UK Polls |
| December | Final exam 2h (60%) | |
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14. Wednesday 12 December 09h30-12h30 Room 808 |
The end of the Euro? The end of the European Union? |
EU problems. Yanis Varoufakis. DiEM25 Euro Structural Inflexibility (pdf DR) The German Miracle Keynes's vision of the future + the multiplier effect (and reverse multiplier) Class discussion - can the Euro and can the EU survive? General questions: EU, geo-politics, personal, predictions etc. |