Section outline

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    General

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    1.

    Feb 20

    Intro + Integration Milestones 

    Student Team Presentation Suggestions:

    PRESENTATION TEAMS

    2.

    Feb 27

    Institutions and Policy-Making

    3.

    Mar 6

    The Single Market

    Commission vs. Big Tech

    Blanca Blanco, Jimena Jos, Student 3

    4.

    Mar 13  

    Agriculture (and Cohesion)

    Farmers and the Green Deal

    Xarois Vilela, Aoife McKevitt, Mike Zimmermann

    5.

    Mar 20

    Economic and Monetary Union

    Greece after Eurozone Crisis

    Yasmina Yuldasheva, Zarifa Alasgarova, Pavel Šesták

    6.

    Mar 27

    Area of Freedom, Security and Justice

    Fortress Europe, European Solidarity and Human Rights

    Esha Chhabra, Anastadiia Tutchenko, May Mon Myat Thu

    7.

    Apr 3 

    Foreign, Security and Defence Policies

    EU Reacts to the Russian War against Ukraine

    Taishi Ogawa, Oleksandr Hryhoriev, David Oross

    8.

    Apr 10

    Trade, Development, Enlargement

    The Future of EU Enlargement

    Francesco Palmieri, Laman Huseynli, Emilija Bognanovic       

    9.

    Apr 17

    Energy and Environment

    Uncertain Fate of the Internal Combustion Engine

    Emilia Riecker, David Weitschies, Student 3

    10.

    April 24

    Democratic Legitimacy and EU Citizens

    Euroscepticism and the Rise of Far-right Parties

    Matúš Molčan, Laura Poliaková, Yaroslav Dudko

     

    Friday April 25

    B 316 12:30 - 15:00

    booked

     

    EU and the USA

    European Neighbourhood (Eastern Partnership, Union for Mediterranean)

    Going green or going out of business?

    EU and China

    Jonathan Schwanitz, Aziza Umarova, Lisa Weierich

    Georgia Andreopoulou, Illia Boiko, Kent Kristjan Viira

    Georgina Artigau, Georgina Laplana, Nadia Hisham

    Jona Oelsner, Jose Pedro de la Torre, Tereza Zofiakova

     

    May 1

    National Holiday – no class

     

     

    May 8

    National Holiday – no class

     

    11.

    May 15

    EU and the Member States/Brexit

    Brexit – 5 years on

    Adam Javorsky, Pavla Bendlova, Jakub Marsovszky

    12.

    May 22

    European Identity

    (will take place online Google video)

    meet.google.com/oiu-obxc-gny

    Who are the Europeans?

    Fatoumata m Sanneh, Alicia Ross-Adams, Sophia Wigenstam, Mustafa Uyar

    Please email me - daniela.lences@fsv.cuni.cz - which topic you'd like to present on! It's a rough "umbrella" of a topic with wiggle room for specific cases; let's consult them in the run-up to the class.

    All classes will take place in person, in Jinonice campus - room B 316    THURSDAYS     12:30-13:50

    Consultation hours - after class from 14:15 - 15:15, room C 514 / online consults via Google Hangouts (by appointment)

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    FINAL PAPER DEADLINES 

    25 May 23:59 here via Moodle assignment (scroll all the way down)

    16 June 23:59 

    30 June 23:59 (last attempt)

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    Session 1: February 20 - Course Introduction, Syllabus, and EU Milestones

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    Session 2: February 27 - Lisbon Treaty Legal Framework, EU Institutions, and the Policy-Making Processes

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    Session 3: March 6 - The Single Market

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    Session 4: March 13 - Agriculture and Cohesion

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    Session 5: March 20 - Economic and Monetary Union

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    Session 6: March 27 - Area of Freedom, Security and Justice

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    Session 7: April 3 - Foreign Policy, Security, Defence

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    Session 8: April 10 - Trade, Development, Enlargement

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    Session 9: April 17 - Energy and Environment

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    Session 10: April 24 - Democratic Legitimacy and EU Citizens

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    Session extra: April 25 - Student Team Presentations session

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    ~ ~ ~ May 1- NO CLASS - Labour Day ~ ~ ~

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    ~ ~ ~ May 8 - NO CLASS - V day ~ ~ ~

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    Session 11: May 15 - EU and the Member States / Brexit

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    Session 12: May 22 (extra week) - European Identity

    This session is a make-up for the 1st and 8th May public holidays (where we lost a session) ... all make-up classes were supposed to be held in the 19-23 May week per Academic Calendar, but this had been supposedly cancelled due to an international ECPR conference taking place on Jinonice campus.

    Long story short: because we have one last presentation scheduled, we're moving online: meet.google.com/oiu-obxc-gny    

    The presenters obviously have to join, attendance is optional for the rest of the class, if you're looking how to procrastinate during exams seasion, join us!

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    OPINION PAPER (Deadlines TBD)

    ©    Opinion Essay (2500 - 3000 words; excl. bibliography) 

    An opinion essay is a type of paper that defends – using argumentation – your opinion, your position on a topic, a policy issue or an existing dilemma.

    To take a position and defend your opinion an EU-related topic and defend it requires:

    ·         Background knowledge of how things work in the EU in general

    Who does what aka EU institutions, and what powers they have aka decision-making process, what is the legal and/or strategic framework etc.

    ·         Knowledge of your topic/issue in particular

    Where does your topic fit in EU general context; is it even EU competence (background knowledge)?

    What is your topic/issue all about, where’s the dilemma problem?

    ·         Identification of multiple(!) existing positions on your topic/issue

    There’s always more than one opinion, solution, position on any topic, review the spectrum and find your place

    ·         CLEAR formulation of YOUR POSITION (opinion) in one sentence!!!

    ·         Argumentation

    Arguments in defence of your position

    Arguments that refute the other positions identified above

    Arguments that build on each other / do not undermine each other

    Arguments that are logical

    Arguments need to be supported by real-life, relevant evidence and sources

    Argument that accurately work with evidence (not muddling through)

    ·         Conclusion that wraps up your main points

    ·         Bibliography / List of References  (does not count towards words count)

    You can check a helpful “how to write” guide here: https://test-english.com/explanation/b1-writing-explanations/writing-an-opinion-essay/

      

    Assessed area

    Percentage

    Structure

    Make sure your essay has the following:

    ·         Introduction - what’s the topic, what’s the range of positions

    and your position statement – your opinion in one sentence

    ·       Argumentation section – at least 6 arguments in support of your position & countering the others

    ·         Conclusion – your position and summary of your support

    ·         Bibliography / List of sources

    5

    Argument depth

    MAX SCORE <- specific and detailed policy relevant information X very general common sensical arguments -> MIN SCORE

    20

    Logic of argumentation

    MAX <- are your individual arguments building on each other to support a strong position together X are they undermining each other -> MIN

    10

    Consistency of your paper

    MAX <- everything (intro, position, argument, conclusion) hangs together in support of your position X your sections go in different directions, argument is disparate -> MIN

    15

    Quality of supportive evidence

    MAX <- work with primary EU sources, secondary EU analyses and alternatively academic books/journals (see links above) X derivate information, excessive reliance on news servers or social media information, hoaxes, fake news, dis- or misinformation, they are not based on AI hallucinations that cannot be verified -> MIN

    AI answer does NOT count as a source of evidence!!!

    10

    Accuracy

    MAX <- information you give corresponds to your source X information you give does not correspond to the information of your source -> MIN

    And I will be checking your sources randomly: whether the information you give actually matches the reference 😉.

    5

    Creativity

    MAX <- Working off of your topic review results, found evidence and adding your own thought is original work

    Just rephrasing Wikipedia, EU think tank positions or AI key points is not creative, rephrasing is just that: rephrasing -> MIN

    Any AI use needs to be acknowledged (in a footnote or endnote) write a note on how did you use the AI, what for, what tasks etc.; likewise, if you have not used AI, state so clearly

    5

    TOTAL

    = 70%

     

    Opinion essay suggestions; what is your position on:

    ·         The Eurozone getting a common Eurobond?

    ·         EU decarbonising its energy sector?

    ·         Ukraine becoming a new EU member in a fast-tracked accession process?

    ·         Member state solidarity in reformed asylum and migration policy?

    ·         The EU making its defence policy supranational?

    ·         Austerity as part of a solution to the Eurozone crisis?

    ·         European Union’s activity in light of climate change?

    ·         European co-dependency on NATO for its security?

    ·         Brexit – 5 years on?

    ·         New Pact on Migration and Asylum’s impact on Human Rights compliance in the Mediterranean?

    ·         EU regulation of tech companies in the digital single market?

    ·         The future of the European Union integration project?

     

    But of course any other EU-related dilemma you come up with is OK (consult)!

    The submission box below - it seems it's encountered some error today (all submissions before 30th June went fine, 30th June submissions get rejected by the either Moodle or TurnItIn). If you can't submit over here, if the issue is not fixed soon-ish, please send your paper over email ;-) 

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    31 May - 6 June