The dynamic of european governance - A

Descriptif d’enseignement – 2016/2017
Cycle Master
Intitulé du cours : The dynamic of european governance
Course’s title :
Enseignant(s) : Aurélien RACCAH
Fonction(s): Associate Professor, Catholic University of Lille – Lawyer at ELEA AVOCAT, Paris
Type de cours : ☐Cours Magistral
☐Semestre 1
☒Cours Electifs
☐ Séminaire
☐ Semestre 2
☐ Semestre 3
Résumé du cours – Objectif:
This lecture is interactive. The students and the professor share the presentation of the topics to stimulate
the debate. We will debate and discuss the key issues of the European Union.
Syllabus – Targets:
CETA, Brexit, migrant crisis, financial crisis… The EU seems to be in a permanent struggle. However the
European construction is paradoxically strengthening. The EU governance is a balance between national and
European interests, between the respect of democratic values and the necessity to unify the EU, between
the wish of more social policy and the pressure of global competition. The continent is pressed to succeed
to avoid the return to its own past.
This course focuses on the main issues of the European Union to understand what is the purpose of the
European construction, what are the policies (internal market, common commercial policy, environment…)
achieved and what is missing (fiscal and economic cooperation, social security, defense policy…). It gives a
broad overview of some current and classical themes of European integration (History, treaties,
enlargement…) and also a reflection on the upcoming legal (Human Rights, minorities), economic (crisis),
social (funds), environmental (recycling, energy…) and political (negotiations in the EU institutions, external
action, Ukraine) challenges. Through the different topics, this course tries to understand how the European
Union and the Member States interact.
Thereby, the European Union appears as a flexible Federation according to the different policies: among
the 28 Member States, only 19 are part of the Eurozone; 26 of the Schengen area, including Switzerland,
Iceland and Norway; the Charter of Fundamental Rights would apply only partially to Poland and the
United Kingdom and, ultimately, the Czech Republic; the “space of freedom, security and justice” does not
apply to the United Kingdom and Ireland ; Denmark does not participate in political advocacy, justice and
home affairs, or the 3rd stage of EMU…
The question is: what next? Smaller Federation or broader international organisation? Which policies shall
be done? The participation of the students is expected to find solution.
Evaluation :
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Participation & Oral presentation : 50%
Essay: 50%
No exam
Plan – Séances:
The course is divided in 10 topics raised by the European integration:
Session 1: Multilingualism: A first step for a European culture?
Session 2: European History: Is Europe a so new idea?
Session 3: The European treaties from Rome to Lisbon, over 50 years of construction
Session 4: Enlargement of the EU: Who’s the next?
Session 5: Economic crisis: What can the EU do?
Session 6: Human rights & protection of the minorities
Session 7: Populism in Europe: A common phenomenon in the EU?
Session 8: Europe of the regions, a paradox?
Session 9: Environment, a positive action of the EU
Session 10: External action of the EU: who represents the EU for which objectives?
Bibliographie :
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Damian CHALMERS, Gareth DAVIES, Giorgio MONTI, European Union Law: Cases and Materials, Cambridge
University Press, 2nd Revised edition, 2010
Paul CRAIG and Gráinne DE BURCA, EU Law: Text, Cases and Materials, Oxford University Press, 6th ed., 2015, 1148
p.
Alan DASHWOOD, Derrick WYATT e.a., European Union law, London, Sweet & Maxwell, 6th ed., 2011, 1112 p.
Bruno DE WITTE, Mark DAWSON, Elise MUIR, Judicial Activism at the European Court of Justice, Edward Elgar Pub,
2013
Pierre GERBET, La construction de l’Europe, 4e éd., Armand Colin, 2007, 580 p.
Herwig C.H. HOFMAN, Gerard C. ROWE, Alexander H. TÜRK, Administrative Law and Policy of the European Union,
OUP Oxford, 2011
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Jean-Paul JACQUE, Droit institutionnel de l’Union européenne, 8e éd., 2015, Dalloz, 750 p.
Pierre LEGRAND, Droit comparé, Que sais-je ?, PUF, 2016, 125 p.
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Iraq War Paperback, 2005, Verso, 231 p.
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2012, 240 p.
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Websites:
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Consolidated versions of the Treaty on the European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union (OJ C115, 9.5.2008) :
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cmsUpload/st06655-re01.en08.pdf
European Council: http://www.consilium.europa.eu
European Commission: http://ec.europa.eu
European Parliament: http://www.europarl.europa.eu
Committee of the regions: www.cor.europa.eu
Court of Justice of the European Union: http://curia.europa.eu
Law of the European Union: http://eur-lex.europa.eu
European Navigator: http://ena.lu
News online
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News of the EU institutions: http://europa.eu/rapid/press
The euros: http://www.eurosduvillage.eu
EU Observer: http://euobserver.com/
The European Union Times: http://www.eutimes.net/
Blog of Charlemagne (The Economist):
http://www.economist.com/blogs/charlemagne
Blog of Jean QUATREMER: http://bruxelles.blogs.liberation.fr/
Assemblée nationale, Commission des affaires européennes:
http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/europe/
Sénat, Commission des affaires européennes:
http://senat.fr/europe/quoideneuf.html
Tout l’Europe.fr: http://www.touteleurope.fr
Europeus: http://www.europeus.org
Euractiv: http://www.euractiv.fr