Samenvatting Politiek van de Europese Unie Universiteit Leiden jaar 1 Bachelor Politicologie blok 4
Summary Politics of the European Union
Goals:
History of european integration
Know how institutions work
The main theories of european integration
Be able to contextualize and analyze current events
Lecture 1: the history of the European Union
Early 20th century
Treaty of versailles
League of nations
Ww2 caused:
Economic devastation
Political weakness
Divided continent
Failure of treaty of versailles is known
Exploration of new interstate relations
Change of political climate:
Combatting nationalism
New political map of Europe
New international power balance
Division of Germany
Change of the economic climate
Bretton woods monetary system:
IMF
World Bank
General agreement on tariffs and trade
European recovery program (marshall aid)
Differences between the western European states
All states joined for hard-headed national calculations always prevailed
European integration helped the
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