Law and Politics of the European Union

22B0772

Bachelor

German

5.0

only winterterm

1 semester

The module provides an overview and understanding of the significance of the EU as a supranational organisation and its interaction with the member states in law, politics and economics, including vis-à-vis third countries.

Process of European integration - Institutional framework of the EU - Budget of the EU - European legal order - Fundamental freedoms of the internal market - Policies of the EU (Common Agricultural Policy, Competition rules, Approximation of laws, European Company Law, Fiscal rules, Economic and Monetary Union, Common Commercial Policy, development cooperation, environmental and climate protection, common transport policy, trans-European networks, consumer protection, social and employment policy, structural policy, education and culture, research policy, visa and immigration policy, police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters, common foreign and security policy).

The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").

• Homework / Assignment or
• Written examination or
• Oral presentation, with written elaboration

Students who have successfully studied this module have a broad and integrated knowledge of the European Union system. They understand how the European Union affects action in the public sector and the state acting in the economic sphere, including municipalities.

n particular, they understand the past and possible future process of European integration, the structure of the European Union and the fundamental freedoms of the internal market. They have knowledge of the most important European policy areas.

Graduates are able to understand the activities of the EU in their working environment, to assess them scientifically and to incorporate them correctly and meaningfully in the fulfilment of their tasks.

Graduates identify and formulate research questions regarding the activities of the EU and are able to solve them using scientific instruments.

They are able to communicate these issues to staff and supervisors in their future professional field.

Graduates of this module recognise the framework conditions of the EU for their actions in a situation-adequate way, can critically question them and use leeway sensibly.

The module addresses issues at the European level that are dealt with in other modules for the national level, e.g. with regard to legislation, taxation, the internal market and various policy areas.

• Public Management, B.A.

• Müller-Bromley, Nicolai

• Müller-Bromley, Nicolai