Class Economic and Currency Policy of the European Union

The success of the European Union (EU) relies largely on the achievement of its objectives, set out in its Treaties, which implies the existence of common policies. This Course Unit (UC) seeks to analyze critically the economic and monetary policies of the EU, particularly with regard to their suitability, objectives, and effectiveness. The UC also aims to show how European integration has contributed to regional economic development and how this has been shaped by economic and political. It highlights the relationship between social and political development, focusing on dialectics of interpenetration. To fulfill such desiderata, the UC will examine the European institutional dynamics, articulating it in a direct relationship with the explanation of the integration process in its economic and political aspects.

• Conceptual analysis, deepening, and consolidation.
• Module 1: Theories and evolution of economic integration.
• Module 2: Economic unification.
• Module 3: Economic dimension of the ECSC, the European Coal and Steel Community.
• Module 4: Economic deepening of the EEC-European Economic Community. Module 5: Economic integration strategies.
• Module 6: EMU: Economic and Monetary Union.
• Module 7: Economic and Social Cohesion and Regional Policy.
• Module 8: The European Union and (de)globalisation.

Debates, simulations, and written exercises in class will be a driving force of the methodologies supporting the teaching-learning process. Lectures and/or study visits, with reports, will bring students closer to the tasks they will perform in their future professions.

• Authers, John (2013). The European Financial Crisis. NJ: FT Press, Upper Saddle River.

• Bulmer, Simon; Parker, Owen; Bache, Ian; George, Stephen; Burns, Charlotte (2020). Politics in the European Union. 5ª Edição, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

• Cini, Michelle; Borragán, N. Pérez-Solórzano (2019). European Union Politics. 6ª Edição, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

• De Grauwe, Paul (2020). Economia da União Monetária. Conjuntura Actual Editora

• Moniz, Jorge Botelho (org.) (2022). O Futuro da União Europeia: Política, Economia, Estado de Direito e Religião . Col. Contributos. Lisboa: Edições Universitárias Lusófonas.

• Porto, Manuel C. L. (2016), Teoria da Integração e Políticas da União Europeia. 5ª Ed., Coimbra: Almedina.