European Integration over the Centuries 4003-211EPIPW

Lecture starts with presentation of original role of Europe in the history of mankind and specificity of integration processes till World War II. The main part consists of analysing European integration after 1945, including main institutions, models, aims, phases and periods of integration in the framework of the European Communities/European Union

1. The origin of integrational processes

1.1. The role of Europe in the history of mankind

1.2. Integration and disintegration tendences in Europe

1.3. Philosophical and ideologial concepts of European unity

1.4. Political and economical integrational undergoings

2. Modern integrational processes

2.1. The character of institutions of European integration: universal, military and political, economical and political

2.2. Stages of intergational processes: free tade area, customs union, common market, economic and monetary union, political union

2.3. The fundamental models of Europan integration: confederation (intergovernmental model) and federation (community model)

2.4. The main stages of European integration:

- first stage (1945-1957): the emrgance of three European Communities: EEC, ECSC and EAEC,

- second stage (1958-1969): buliding of the foundations of integration

- third stage (1970-1991): increasing and broadening economical bonds between the Member Countries

- fourth stage (1992-2004): the gradual establishing of the European Union - from the Treaty of Maastricht through the Treaty of Amsterdam and the Treaty of Nice

- fith stage (after 2004): Eu enlargement to the East, Lisbon Treaty

2.5. The perspectives of developement of the European Union: visions of the future Europe.