| CODE | EST2040 | ||||||
| TITLE | The Development of the European Union's Common Foreign and Security Policy | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | European Studies | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The Lisbon Treaty has introduced a number of changes in the EU decision-making processes some of them in the external relations field. This study-unit seeks to inform students on these changes and their implications so that they can analyse and understand the CFSP. The study-unit also introduces students to the historical background of the development of the CFSP, from the failure of the European Defence Community in the 1950s to the successful launching of European Political Co-operation up to the Maastricht Treaty and subsequent Treaty reforms to the Lisbon Treaty. The focus is on the EU decision-making structures. The CFSP is predominantly based on inter-governmental decision-making but other EU institutions such as the Commission and particularly the European Parliament have been trying to ‘gain access’ to the process. The Bibliography on VLE is organized in the following way: 1. General Background; 2. The proposals and failures of the European bid to construct a common defence policy in the 1950s up to the end of the 1960s; 3. From the Davignon Plan and the Institution of EPC to the Lisbon Treaty; 4. The Main EU Strategies; 5. The CFSP and the External Action Service; 6. The CFSP and Other EU Institutions – The Parliament and the Commission. Topics to be covered: 1. The origins of the European Political co-operation, the Pleven Plan, the failed European Defence Community (EDC) and the Fouchet Plans; 2. The Davignon Plan and successive revisions, the Single European Act up to the Treaty of Maastricht and the Petersberg Tasks; 3. Changes brought about by successive treaty reforms – EU – NATO co-operation; 4. The Lisbon Treaty and the CFSP; 5. The main EU Strategies; 6. The External Action Service; 7. The role of the other EU Institutions in the CFSP particular reference will be made to the European Parliament and the Commission. Suggested Texts (Please ask for latest editions, the ones indicated here may not be the latest) 1. Stephan Keukeleire and Jennifer MacNaughtan,The Foreign Policy of the European Union, The European Union Series, Palgrave, MacMillan, ISBN 978-1-4039-4722-2 2. Jolyon Howorth, Security and Defence Policy in the European Union, The European Union Series, Palgrave, MacMillan, ISBN 978-0-333-63912-2 Material on VLE General Background • Treaty Extract on CFSP after Lisbon • High Representative of the CFSP PDF document • The President of the Council of the EU PDF document • W. Wessels on the Lisbon Treaty and CFSP PDF document • ISIS-THE LISBON TREATY AND ESDP PDF document The 1950s to the End of the 1960s • The Pleven Plan Word document • The European Defence Community 1952-54 Word document • The Fouchet Plan Word document From the Davignon Plan to the Lisbon Treaty • Provisions of the Treaty of Nice Word document • Provisions of the Amsterdam Treaty Word document • Provisions of the Maastricht Treaty Word document • Solemn Declaration 1983 Word document • Genscher-Colombo Initiative 1981 Word document • Single European Act Word document • London Report Word document • Copenhagen Report Word document • Davignon Report Word document EU Strategies • EU SECURITY STRATEGY PDF document • EP 2008 Report on the EU Security Strategy PDF document • Council - Report on the Implementation of the Security Strategy PDF document • Revising the EU Security Strategy - Article 2007 PDF document • EU STRATEGY ON NON PROLIFERATION OF WMD PDF document • EU ISS Study on Nuclear Non-Proliferation PDF document • The EU and the New Start Treaty PDF document • The NPT, NATO, EU Non-Proliferations PDF document • HOW TO MEASURE SUCCESS OF NPT file • TERRORISM STRATEGY PDF document The CFSP and the External Action Service • EP Working Document on EEAS PDF document • PRESIDENCY COMPROMISE PDF document • INFORMAL WORKING DOC by Elmar Brok MEP et. al. PDF document • EP Resolution PDF document The CFSP and the Other EU Institutions The Commission and the Parliament • The European Parliament and the CFSP - a view from the WEU PDF document • Article in the International Spectator 2004 PDF document • Rumrich 2006 PDF document • The Commission and the CFSP - Simon Duke 2006 PDF document |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Students are required to register for Level 1 units if they are in Year 1, for Level 2 units if they are in Year 2 and for Level 3 units if they are in Year 3 or 4 of their course. | ||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Roderick Pace |
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