Programme 2018 |
Documents
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Presentations and films
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1. Wednesday 05 September 09h30-12h30 Room 808 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 12 September 09h30-12h30 Room 808 Enlargement 1. European levels of integration Case studies: Turkey and Cyprus |
The
Copenhagen criteria EU membership and partners EU European Neighbourhood states |
Turkey and
the EU (pdf DR) Turkey and EU immigration Introduction to the Armenian genocide French genocide |
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3. Wednesday 19 September 09h30-12h30 Room 808 EU structure and difficulties |
Organisation of teams. Preparation of presentations 'Solving Europe' |
Euro Structural Inflexibility |
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4. Wednesday 26 September 09h30-12h30 Room 808 Solving Europe presentations |
Group presentations: 'Solving Europe' (20% of final evaluation) |
Employment Immigration EU external trade The Euro Global warming and energy EU Defence Brexit Environment |
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5. Wednesday 03 October 09h30-12h30 Room 808 |
Continue presentations: 'Solving Europe'. | |
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6. Wednesday 17 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 Lobbying Transparency Register (European Commission) Biggest lobbyists in Brussels |
Farm Subsidies film (farmsubsidy.org) CAP (pdf DR) Introduction to CAP (video) Food for the stomach - biofuels and food security (video) MacDonalds and food industrialisation Corn-fed beef and sustainability Feedlot pollution EU-Mercosur trade negotiations and beef (CGTN America) The Meatrix (video) |
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7. Wednesday 24 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 31 October 09h30-12h30 Room 808 Lobbying in the EU |
Lobbying Transparency Register (European
Commission) Biggest lobbyists in Brussels Philip Morris in Brussels The EU lobbyists (52 page guide to lobbying in Brussels) |
Billy wants a
dog (flv)
(US) Lobbyists (flv) (US) What does a lobbyist do? (flv) (Germany) Lobbying presentation (pdf) Stakeholder consultation tools (Commission) President Juncker's 10 priorities (Commission) |
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9 Wednesday 07 November 09h30-12h30 |
Brexit |
Brexit introduction Brexit pdf (Rees) The case for a second Brexit Brexit and Ireland (7m) Brexit and Scotland (2m) Brexit and car sales (1m) British exports to the EU (April 2016) Brexit on hold (1m) |
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10 Wednesday 14 November 09h30-12h30 EU budget |
Midterm test results EU Commission: Financial programming and budget EU expenditure and revenue (research data) Who pays what? (BBC) Where the money goes |
EU video -
budget EU budget (pdf DR) EU budget update (2017) EU Budget facts and myths Tobin Tax and FTT (4m) European Financial Transfer Tax (FTT) (DukasCopy 2.5m) Group discussion - reorganise the EU budget |
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11 Wednesday 21 November 09h30-12h30 The Single Market |
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) Digital Single Market |
Brexit update Brexit and fisheries Single Market is 20 years old (2012) Ryanair in Marseilles conflict (IBT) The Single Market (pdf DR based on the two films) |
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12. Wednesday 28 November 09h30-12h30 Room 808 World Food Security |
Cereals
trading charts (TradingCharts.com) Food prices ( Food riots Community Channel (video 5m) Global Food Crisis All voices.com (video 4m) Opinions |
World Food
Security to 2050 (DR) |
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13. Wednesday 05 December 09h30-12h30 Room 808 EU External Trade Agreements / Negotiations |
EU Trade Policy pdf EU Trade negotiations (DG Trade) In groups, each choose a different EU Trade Negotiation and prepare for discussion. What is ISDS? ISDS in Australia / US Trade Agreement Criticism of NAFTA |
Brexit update (humour) Exports and Imports. Research Choose product. Find code. Find import and export tarifs for one country. Find import and volume. Share information with others in the group. |
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14. Wednesday 12 December 09h30-12h30 Room 808 |
The end of the Euro? The end of the European Union? |
European Court of Justice says that the UK can withdraw its Brexit demand Theresa May cancels British parliament vote on the Brexit Brexit Backstop explained Euro Structural Inflexibility (pdf DR) EU problems. Yanis Varoufakis. DiEM25 Class discussion - can the Eyuro and can the EU survive? |
| Evaluation | Midterm
exam 1h (20%) Presentation (20%) |
Final
exam 2h (60%) Exam revision |