Class Portugal and the European Union

The curricular unit- Portugal and the European Union - proposes the analysis of the relationship between Portugal and the European Union through the learning of legal-political tools. Thus, the study of subsidiarity stands out as the main decoding principle of the allocation of competences within the European Union. Studying the sharing of competences between the Member States and the institutions of the European Union leads to knowledge and critical reflection on issues of sovereignty and models of the European welfare state. Through the Portuguese perspective, the European Union is analyzed in its effective relationship with its Member States and its role in current international challenges and global governance is envisaged.

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Part I - The European Construction: framework and historical evolution 1. The European project after World War II. 2. Portugal's accession to the EEC. 3. The Europeanist vision and the new Portuguese geostrategic concept. 4. Portugal: between Europe and the Atlantic. Part II - The Community legal order and the sharing of competences between Member States and the European Union 1. The distribution and attribution of competences among the Member States of the European Union. 2. Subsidiarity in the community order. 3. Subsidiarity in the Portuguese internal order. 4. Representation of Portugal in the European Institutions. Part III - Portugal and the new European challenges 1. National citizenships and European citizenship. 2. The crisis of the welfare state. 3. The crisis of sovereign states. 4. Defense and common security.

The classes will take place in the theoretical and theoretical-practical models and the methods used will be essentially expository and interrogative. The pedagogical techniques to be used will be: the technique of exhibition; ice-breaker technique; brainstorming technique; case study technique; technique of group work and discussion technique. For continuous assessment - Occurrences and Observation Sheets. 2 Assessment Tests with qualitative and quantitative measurement. The curricular unit will have continuous assessment with analysis of frequency and participation. The grade will be assigned according to the following parameters: Attendance and participation - 10% 2 tests - 45% (each) Students who do not obtain positive results in the Final Frequency assessment (grade equal to or higher than 10 points) will have to take an Exam.

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