Programme 2020 |
Documents
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Presentations and films
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1. Tuesday 6 October 16h30-19h30 Room J808 Epistemology, Empires and the EU |
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Epistemology 3. EU Members 6. 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. How to Join the EU (EU in Turkey. 2m) 5. European Enlargement (film from the IIEA) |
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2. Wednesday 07 October 09h30-12h30 Room H614 Enlargement 1. European levels of integration Case studies: Turkey and Cyprus |
The
Copenhagen criteria Candidate and Potential Candidate Countries EU European Neighbourhood states |
A brief
history of EU enlargement (film from
The Economist) Turkey and the EU (pdf DR) Turkey and EU immigration Introduction to the Armenian genocide (14m. Facing history and ourselves) French genocide - book French genocide - film (English subtitles available) 19m |
| Lesson 3. Wednesday 21 October 09h30-12h30 Room J802 EU structure and difficulties |
Preparation of presentations 'Solving Europe' Research and presentation groups |
What do you think are the major social, economic and political problems facing the European Union today? Student presentation Groups Solving Europe Presentations Employment Immigration The Euro Global warming EU Defence Environment Lack of Democracy ERASMUS and education Pollution Agriculture |
| Lesson 4. Wednesday 28 October 09h30-12h30 Room J808 |
Group presentations: 'Solving Europe' (25% of final evaluation) |
Revision for the Mid-Term Test 1. European Defence 2. European Agriculture 3. Global Warming 4. The Euro 5. Democracy |
| Lesson 5. Tuesday 03 November 13h30-16h30 Room Amphi Churchill 'Solving Europe' presentations |
Continue presentations: 'Solving Europe'. | 1. The Environment 2. ERASMUS and Education 3. Pollution 4. Immigration 5. Employment |
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6. Wednesday 04 November 09h30-12h30 Room J807 Common Agriculture Policy |
CAP pdf. (EU Commission) Farm Subsidies (farmsubsidy.org) Agricultural import duties US food subsidies |
1. Introduction
to CAP (video) 2. CAP (pdf DR) 3. Farm Subsidies film (farmsubsidy.org) 4. MacDonalds and food industrialisation 5. Feedlots 6. EU-MERCOSUR agreement signed 7. EU-MERCOSUR trade agreement (Fern 25) 8. EU-Mercosur trade agreement and EU agriculture 9. MERCOSUR trade agreement and European Beef 10. The Meatrix (video) 11. Questions (in your presentation groups) 12. Acronyms |
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7. Tuesday 17 November 09h30-12h30 Room J801 The Troika and Debt Control |
Greek Ten-year bonds Greek unemployment The Privatisation of Greece European privatisation of water |
Greece, the Troika, debt control and the change from a solidarity to predatory model. Greek debt crisis |
| Lesson 8. Wednesday 18 November 09h30-12h30 Room C208 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 Tuesday 24 November 16h30-19h30 Room J808 EU External Trade Agreements / Negotiations |
Instructions EU Trade Policy 1. Read EU Trade Policy pdf 2. Watch the video EU Trade Policy video (European Commission) 3. Open EU Trade negotiations (DG Trade). Scroll down and find 'Agreements in Focus'. Choose one trade deal and take notes (in preparation for your exam). ISDS Many Trade Agreements include an ISDS. This is strongly criticised by many NGOs. 1. Watch What is ISDS? 2. Watch ISDS in Australia / US Trade Agreement 3. Here are some ISDS Case Studies . Choose one case study (or find another one) and do some research. Again, take notes of your case study in preparation for your exam. 1. Watch Global Trade Agreements (TedTalks) EU - MERCOSUR Trade Agreement 2. Watch EU Mercosur trade agreement agreed by the EU Commission 3. Watch EU Mercosur trade agreement and agriculture (EuroNews) |
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10 Wednesday 25 November 09h30-12h30 Room J808 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) |
Lesson 11 Tuesday 1 December 13h30-16h30 Room J808 EU budget |
13h30 EU video - budget EU budget update (2017) 14h00-16h00 Research. Open guidelines EU Budget 2014-2020 Results by Project EU Budget facts and myths |
16h00-16h30 Tobin Tax and FTT (4m) European Financial Transfer Tax (FTT) (DukasCopy 2.5m) David Cameron Anti-FTT For further information (in French), see: ATTAC, France |
Lesson 12. Wednesday 02 December 09h30-12h30 Room J808 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 |
The Single Market is 20 years old 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 09 December 09h30-12h30 Room C034 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 |
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14. Thursday 10 December 09h30-12h30 Room J808 The future of the EU French Covid debt |
The end of the Euro? The end of the European Union? |
EU problems. Yanis Varoufakis. DiEM25 The German Miracle Euro Structural Inflexibility (pdf DR) French Covid-19-related debt General questions: EU, geo-politics, personal, predictions etc. |
| Exam. Wednesday 16 December 14h00-16h00 Online Moodle |
Final exam 2h (60%) |