Topic outline
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"The Europe we live in today is the worst possible Europe apart from all the other Europes that have been tried from time to time. No European alliance, empire, commonwealth or community has endured forever, but we should want this one to last as long as it can." Timothy Garton Ash, The Financial Times, December 18, 2015.
Subjects you need to know for the exam at the end of the semester:
1/ The main events in the history of the EU (enlargements, major policy programmes, etc.
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- Europa.eu, "The history of the European Union", official webpage.
- " Europe: From WWII to Today's European Union", conference by Viking River Cruises, 2014.
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- Short video on " " (8 minutes).
- CNBC video on " " (5:29 minutes)
- Recovery plan for Europe, Next Generation EU, SPEECH by Ursula von der Leyen 27 May 2020 (make sure sound volume is on in the "origina" button of the video).
- "State of the Union Address by President von der Leyen at the European Parliament", full speech (in French, English and German) in text and video.
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- 2020-09-15: "The Guardian view on EU migration policy: past time it had one", Editorial, The Guardian.
- 2020-09: VIDEO "What the Lesbos fire says about EU refugee policy", Ben Hall, The Financial Times, (transcript available)
- 2020-09-08: VIDEO "Turkey, Greece and the dash for gas", David Sheppard, The Financial Times, (transcript available).
- 2020-09-21: Web text "EC president announces 'new European Bauhaus' to help Europe move to a circular economy", by Cajsa Carlson, dezeen. You can watch a short history of the original (with subtitles).
- 2020-09-25: Jean Pisani-Ferry, "Europe's Recovery Gamble", Project Syndicate, Sep 25, 2020.https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/european-union-pandemic-recovery-program-gamble-by-jean-pisani-ferry-2020-09
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Text with key words in context. This is followed by Exercise a,etc. (a bit out of date by still useful).
IATE European Union terminology database.
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"Can you name the countries of the Europe?" sporcle.
"What is the European Union?", EU Learning Corner.
"How does the EU work?", EU Learning Corner.
"How is the EU relevant to your daily life?", EU Learning Corner.
"What's on the EU's agenda?", EU Learning Corner.
"So you think you know Europe?" tricky Guardian quiz.
"What do you know about the Council of Europe?" which is separate from the EU.