Week 6: February 11 &13

European Union

Topics: Lecture 1, Lecture 2 and Website and Sources

• From Single Europe to an "Ever Closer Union"; Neo-functionalism in action
• Two Intergovernmental Conferences (IGC's)
• European and Global Contexts
• Treaty on European Union (TEU)
• European Monetary Union (EMU) and the EURO
• EU Decision Making

Assigned Readings:

Dinan, Ever Closer Union, chs. 5, 11

The ABC of Community Law, pp. 63-84

Assignments:Due:Feb. 11 Tues

• Feb. 11 (Tuesday): Mid-term take-home examination due in class
• Feb. 13 (Thursday) Statement of topic for research paper (submission encouraged but not required)
• Economic Policy short paper: complete research and writing (due Feb.18 )

Resources:

• Criddle, Byron. "The French Referendum on the Maastricht Treaty September 1992, "Parliamentary Affairs, April 1993: 228-239. [JN 101.P3]