d101137 The Economics of European Integration

CEVRO University
summer 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/0. Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Ing. Alena Zemplinerová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Department of Economics – Departments – President – CEVRO University
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
Course objectives
The course should provide students with an understanding of integration processes in Europe and their economic aspects. The emphasis is on the functioning of the common market.. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to understand the historical development of the European integration and institutional structure of the EU, explain the theories and concepts behind the economic integration, describe policies implemented within the Common Market, identifycurrent difficulties of Eurozone, critically asses outcomes of the EU membership and integration for businesses and thus provide students with insights useful for their future career
Syllabus (in Czech)

  • Class 1 Introduction and course overview
    Class 2 Economic Integration: reasons and effects, EU market today in the global economy
    Class 3 Historyof theEU, major milestones and key treaties, enlargements
    Class 4 EU Laws, institutions and decision making, role of lobbies
    Class 5 EU budget and policies
    Class 6EU trade policy, free movement of goods
    Class 7 Free movement of capital and services
    Class8 EU competition policy, state aid ban
    Class 9 Economic and Monetary Union, financial crisis and banking union
    Class 10 Fiscal discipline of member states and the debt crisis,the stability pact
    Class 11 EU Enlargements and recent problems in theEU.


Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms summer 2014, summer 2015, summer 2016, spring 2017, spring 2019, spring 2020.
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