I. BASIC LEGAL TEXTS ON WHICH THE EUROPEAN UNION IS FOUNDED

THE LISBON TREATY (COMPLETE PRINTOUT NOT MANDATORY), see also the consolidated Treaty versions

 (für die deutsche Fassung siehe hier) - for the most recent see: TEU consolidated and TFEU consolidated.

II. REQUIRED READING

• The ABC of EU Law

               pages to be read:

                    p. 11-79
                    p. 89-92
                    p. 98-105
                    p. 111-115
                    p. 133-145

III. DOCUMENTS WHICH NEED TO BE AT HAND DURING THE COURSE

• Topic 1: Basics
• Topic 2: Key European Law Principles
• Topic 3: Internal Market
• Topic 4: Institutions
• Topic 5: Legal Basis
• Topic 6: Case Study (Institutions, Decision Making)

IV. ADDITIONAL READING (OPTIONAL)

• Craig, Paul / De Búrca, Gráinne: EU Law. Text, Cases and Materials
  

V. OPTION 1 = IN CLASS TEACHING: GROUP WORK (IGNORE in case of remote teaching)

• • GROUP I (session 3):   Differentiated Integration
  • GROUP II (session 3):  Conference on the Future of Europe (What is/was the Conference on the Future of Europe? How was it set up? How was the outcome of the Conference decided? Main focus should be on: (i) What are in your eyes the most essential elements of the Conference’s outcome? (ii)

    critical evaluation of the Conference)

  • GROUP III (session 3):  Dassonville, Cassis, Keck
  • GROUP IV (session 3):  Hünermund & Lucien Ortscheit (+comparison of the two cases)
  • GROUP V (session 4): 2024 EP elections (general information on the 2024 EP elections) + 'Spitzenkandidaten' process (When was this process first applied, what happened to it in the 2019 European Parliament elections? What is the case with the EP elections in 2024? According to your view: What are the pros and cons of the 'Spitzenkandidaten process'? What would be an alternative to this process?)
  • GROUP VI (session 4): Informal Trilogues: It is argued that Informal Trilogues might have a negative impact on the democratic legitimacy of the EU. What is an Informal Trilogue? Would you agree with this argument? Why?

Extra task for all groups (session 4)

(this means every group has to prepare for it and be ready to present its findings at session 4 [approx. 5’ per group])

Which changes to the current INSTITUTIONAL set-up of the EU would you introduce? Please make three suggestions related to the INSTITUTIONAL set-up of the EU which you would consider most important or useful and explain briefly why! Please prepare one PPP-slide/group for this extra task!

GENERAL INFORMATION ON GROUP WORK

VI. OPTION 2 = REMOTE TEACHING: GROUP WORK (IGNORE in case of in class teaching)

• GROUP exercise Differentiated Integration
• GROUP exercise Prantl_Bockbeutel Bottles
• GROUP exercise Orsolina_Cow Slaughtering
• INDIVIDUAL work: Questionnaire (sent out by e-mail in WORD format)