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1. Group 3. Friday 9 September 8h00-10h Room Group 4. Friday 9 September 10h15-12h15 Room Course Introduction |
Session 1. Course Introduction The Schuman Declaration Discussion of the Schuman Declaration |
The Treaty of Versailles. 9m. History Simplified. The Economic Consequences of the Peace. Keynes. Amazon. Churchill. The United States of Europe. EU Archives. Churchill. "Europe Unite" Pathé 60 years of the Schuman Declaration. 9m. EPP Group ECSC 11m. CVCE.eu Further reading: From the Schuman Plan to the Paris Treaty (1950-1952) CVCE. |
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2. Group 3. Friday 23 September 8h-10h Room 519 Group 4. Friday 23 September 10h15-12h15 Room 519 The United States of Europe and New Horizons for European Integration |
1. Lesson 1 revision 2. ECSC 11m. CVCE.eu 3. Group Discussion of the Text 4. Presentations 5. Euratom (Vimeo) 6m. 6. French energy dependence 7. French energy imports / exports 8. European Energy Dependency 9. EU Nabucco pipeline project 10. Failure of the European Defence Community because of France 11. EU Institutional voting Main themes and objectives The foundations Euratom and the EEC De Gaulle years I: Monnet vs. De Gaulle De Gaulle years II: the “empty-chair” crisis and the Luxembourg compromise Britain’s accession to the communities Meeting of minds Conclusions Mandatory reading: Hoerber T (2021), ‘The United States of Europe and new horizons for European integration’ in: Hoerber T., Weber G., Cabras I. (2021) The Routledge Handbook for European Integrations, Routledge London, pp. 9-18 |
Presentation 1. Was the idea of a European Union a good one? Louise Podvin (3). Axel Dumoulin (4). Presentation 2. The British accession to the EEC. Margaux Albert (4). Presentation 3. Euratom. Guillaume Langlois (3). Foulques Mace de Gastines (4). Presentation 4. The future of the EU. Camille Dussud (4). |
| Lesson 3. Group 3. Friday 30 September 8h-10h Room 801 Group 4. Friday 30 September 10h15-12h15 Room 801 The European Union's Energy Policy and international Energy Shortage: from Market Liberalisation to Convergence with Climate Policy |
EU 2020 and 2030 objectives What are GHGs? (KQED foundation) 2m. EU Carbon Neutrality (EC Europa) 2m. EU Emissions Trading System (EC) 3m. Carbon Trading Speculation 2020 ESD targets by country GHG per person (By RCraig09 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=107009763) European Energy Dependency The EU Energy Union. EC Europa. 3m Europe's crazy electricity pricing system. Yanis Varoufakis. 57m Should energy be private or public? (We Own It) 2m Are electric cars 'green'? The Guardian. 5m French electric car industrial policy (France stratégie) Mandatory reading: Mišík,
M., Oravcová, V., Plenta, P. (2021), ‘The European
Union’s energy
policy: From market liberalisation to convergence with climate
policy’, in:
Hoerber T., Weber G., Cabras I. (2021) The Routledge Handbook
for European
Integrations,
Routledge London, pp. 315-330 |
Presentation 5. Is an EU climate policy compatible with an EU energy policy? Célian Cosse (4). Presentation 6. Energy - privatisation or nationalisation? Céleste Guillot dit Salomon (3). Timothée Bienaimé (4). Presentation 7. Is the EU Green Deal realistic? Louis Leclerc (3). Marion Dufour (4). Presentation 8. Can renewable energy succeed? Jérémie Frances (3). Lou Salaün (4). |
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4. Group 3. Friday 7 October 8h-10h Room Group 4. Friday 7 October 10h15-12h15 Room Sustainable Development in the European Union and the World |
UN Sustainability Goals (UN) Greta Thunberg at the UN Sustainable Europe by 2030 Sustainable agriculture (WWF) World Food Security (DR) Mandatory reading: Barnes,
P. (2021), ‘Sustainable Development in the European
Union’, in:
Hoerber T., Weber G., Cabras I. (2021) The Routledge Handbook
for European
Integrations,
Routledge London, pp. 331-349 |
Presentation
9. Can the EU be both sustainable and competitive? Amaury Turpin (3). Alexandre Blond (4). Presentation 10. Is sustainability compatible with neoliberal competitivity? Margot Leguy (3). Presentation 11. What is the EU doing to promote sustainability? Bérangère Emery (3). Lou-Anne D'Hondt (4). Presentation 12. Should the EU adopt sustainability import tarifs? |
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5. Group 3. Friday 14 October 8h-10h Room 519 Group 4. Friday 14 October 10h15-12h15 Room 519 European Union Law vs International Law |
EU Council voting system Who should decide? Immigration policy Product safety standards Hunting and fishing rights and quotas Deficit and Debt limits in the Eurozone Abortion rights CO² reduction regulations Access to public health EU Trade agreements Harmonising minimum wages, maternity leave and child welfare Harmonising tax systems Taxing maritime fuel and airplane kerosene Import duties The right to wear religious clothes / signs in school Should the EU revert to a simple Free Trade Area (EEC)? Mandatory reading: Forganni,
A. (2021), ‘European Union Law’, in: Hoerber T.,
Weber G.,
Cabras I. (2021) The
Routledge Handbook for European Integrations,
Routledge London, pp. 350-361 |
Presentation
13. What is the dividing line between national and EU law? Baptiste Leroux (3). Jean Crézé (4). Presentation 14. What are the EU institutions protecting EU law? Chloé Mathern (3). Alix Dumoulin (4). Presentation 15. Is the European Court of Justice useful? Malo Faucher (3). Mathilde Cousin (4). Presentation 16. Is EU law threatened by the rise of nationalism? Jacques de Guigné (4). |
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6. Group 3. Friday 28 October 8h-10h Room Group 4. Friday 28 October 10h15-12h15 Room Economic and Monetary Union: the Euro as an International Reserve Currency |
From Bretton Woods to the Euro (pdf DR) Structural inflexibility within the Eurozone (pdf DR) Maastricht Criteria Mandatory reading: Otero
Iglesias, M. (2021) ‘European Monetary Union: European
Integration
at its Heart’, in: Hoerber T., Weber G., Cabras I. (2021) The
Routledge
Handbook for European Integrations,
Routledge London, pp. 362-375 |
Presentation
17. Was EMU a good idea? Maëlys Mareschal de Bièvre (3). Léane Lefevere (4). Presentation 18. Is the Euro a political or economic tool? Anouk Leblanc (3). Mathis Crépel (4). Presentation 19. Is the EMU Stability Pact a good idea? Léonie Aubin (3). Presentation 20. What is the European debt crisis? Antoine Créau (3). Paul Deschamps (4). |
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7. Group 3. Wednesday 16 November 10h15-12h15 Room Group 4. Wednesday 16 November 13h15-15h15 Room The Common Agricultural Policy in International Trade |
Introduction
to CAP (video) CAP (pdf DR) From Farm to Fork (EU Commission) (1m) The Meatrix (video) MacDonalds and food industrialisation Feedlots Mandatory reading: Gravey,
V., Adam, U., Hoerber, T. (2021) ‘The long and winding road
to
greening the Common Agricultural Policy’, in: Hoerber T.,
Weber G., Cabras I.
(2021) The
Routledge Handbook for European Integrations,
Routledge
London, pp. 394-409 |
Presentation
21. The historical origin of the CAP. Margaux Bobet (3). Carla Annet (4). Presentation 22. Have the objectives of the CAP been achieved? . Pierre Catrier (4). Presentation 23. Who benefits from the CAP? Céleste Cousseau (3). Chanelle Haquet (4). Presentation 24. Third world damage due to EU export subsidies. Thibault Rouault de la Vigne (3). |
| Lesson 8. Group 3. Friday 18 November 8h-10h Room Group 4. Friday 18 November 10h15-12h15 Room EU Common Security and Defence Policy |
EU Defence (3m. European Defence Agency) EU Defence (EPRS. 4m) EU defence deployment Mandatory reading: Sweeney,
S. (2021) ‘EU Common Security and Defence Policy’,
in: Hoerber
T., Weber G., Cabras I. (2021) The Routledge Handbook for European
Integrations, Routledge London, pp. 427-455 |
Presentation
25. What is the rôle of the CSDP? Priscille Gros (3). Maelys Perrouin (4). Presentation 26. Does the CSDP work? Armand Guillaud (3). Melina Bouton (4). Presentation 27. Can the CSDP exist without the UK? Samuel Philippe (3). Alexandre Quilan (4). Presentation 28. Should the EU review its strategic defence rôle? Charlotte Bompérin (3). . |
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9 + 10 Group 3. Wednesday 23 November 13h15-15h15 Room Group 4. Wednesday 23 November 15h30-17h30 Room Visit CPVO |
Visit CPVO. Group 4. 13h30-15h. Group 3. 16h-17h30 CPVO. 3 boulevard Marechal Foch. Be there 10m before the visit time, and well dressed. Bring material for taking notes. Each discussion group should have one question for the CPVO. |
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11 Group 3. Friday 2 December 8h-10h Room Group 4. Friday 2 December 10h15-12h15 Room ERASMUS and the Bologna Process - Global Education |
Erasmus, Bologna, and
European integration History, development, and key Erasmus-related frameworks The Bologna process and the European Higher Education Area Expansion of Erasmus after 2014 Joint masters, doctoral programmes, and research Challenges Erasmus faces Erasmus, Bologna, and Brexit Conclusion Mandatory reading: Reilly, J., Sweeney, S. (2021), ‘Erasmus and the Bologna Process – Promoting shared values through mobility, reform, and common instruments The curious case of Social Europe’, in: Hoerber T., Weber G., Cabras I. (2021) The Routledge Handbook for European Integrations, Routledge London, pp. 86-112 |
Assignment example Academic article example Bibliography example Computer correction Presentation 29. ESSCA opinionaire concerning ERASMUS. Léa Guyonvarch (4). Presentation 30. The Bologna Process. Nolan Perrot (3). Raphaël Dargent (4). Presentation 31. In France, is ERASMUS for the rich? Chloé Chasles (3). Tanguy Laurent (4). Presentation 32. What could ERASMUS be? Chloé Edel (3). Justine Bouge (4). Méline Gilot (3) Have CAP objectives been reached? |
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12 Group 3. Wednesday 7 December 10h15-12h15 Room Group 4. Wednesday 7 December 13h15-15h15 Room EU Transport Policy at a Crossroad: the Cost of Liberalisation for Climate Change and Personal Mobility |
The Privatisation of UK railways (Financial Times. 16m) The privatisation of UK railways (Shout Out UK. 2m) Should France follow the British example? (France 24. 5m) Single European Sky (IATA. 4m) Channel Tunnel. (ICE. 7m) Cabotage (France Info. 2m) Mandatory reading: Dyrhauge, H. (2021), ‘EU transport policy at a crossroad: The cost of liberalisation for climate change and personal mobility’, in: Hoerber T., Weber G., Cabras I. (2021) The Routledge Handbook for European Integrations, Routledge London, pp. 208-219 |
Presentation
33. Should transport be public or private? Daphné Darene (3). Tiya Nonda (4). Presentation 34. The privatisation of the UK railway network. Pierre-Louis Guineheux (3). Camille Arènes (4). Presentation 35. Is intra-European competition for transport coherent? Pierre Combes (3). Raphaël Giboureau (4). Presentation 36. Can EU transport be environmentally-friendly? Lena Dupont (3). Alice Leber (4). |
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13 Group 3. Friday 9 December 8h-10h Room Group 4. Friday 9 December 10h15-12h15 Room Federal Spending in the EU and the World |
EU budget (EC. 1m) 2021 budget Eurobarometer Budget in-out Budget in-out2 French budget Mandatory reading: Cunha, A. (2021), ‘Blue signs on the road: European Union funding and citizens̕ feelings towards membership’, in: Hoerber T., Weber G., Cabras I. (2021) The Routledge Handbook for European Integrations, Routledge London, pp. 410-426 |
Presentation
37. How does EU funding work? Léonard Goblot (3). Clothilde Millet (4). Presentation 38. Does EU funding provide a shift of wealth from richer to poorer countries? Alex Rolland (4). Presentation 39. What is the relation between EU funding and purchasing power parity? Presentation 40. Should EU members contribute more to EU funding? Chloé Panhaleux (3). Anaïs Alardet (4). Presentation 45. Hydrogen as a Power Source. Pierre Bidaut (3). What could ERASMUS be? Chloé Edel (3) Presentation 28. Should the EU review its strategic defence rôle?Gonzague Devillard (4) |
| Lesson 14 Group 3. Monday 12 December 08h-10h Room Group 4. Monday 12 December 10h15-12h15 Room Russia-Ukraine conflict |
Some reflections on the expansion of NATO and
the causes of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (Rees, 2022) ESSCA Conference video 1h43. ESSCA Questionnaire answers |
Questionnaire |
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15. Group 3. Friday 16 December 8h-10h Room Group 4. Friday 16 December 10h15-12h15 Room Brexit puts Spotlight on Irish Peace Process and Complicates Potential UK/US Trade Deal |
Course evaluation Mandatory reading: Ryan, J. (2021) ‘Brexit puts spotlight on Irish Peace Process and complicates potential UK/US trade deal’, in: Hoerber T., Weber G., Cabras I. (2021) The Routledge Handbook for European Integrations, Routledge London, pp. 456-478 |
Send your Policy Brief to me (david.rees@essca.eu) and to Urkund groupe.essca@analyse.urkund.com and to Thomas Hoerber No need for a paper copy. Deadline 16th December 20h. Include my name (Teacher: David Rees) on the Cover Page Presentation 41. Brexit and EU fishing. Alexandre Vanwaes (3). Amélie Presse (4). Presentation 42. The Irish problem. Marin Mainguené (3). Noémie Smagghe (4). Presentation 43. The future of the UK post Brexit. Victoria Bougeard (3). Enguerrand Desmazières (4). Presentation 44. Is Brexit the beginning of the end of the EU? Quentin Chaillou (3). Raphaël Nizery (4). |