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Présentation
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The course will introduce students to the main historical developments of European integration from the end of WWII to the ratification of Lisbon treaty. By the end of the course, students shall develop a sense of chronology of European integration. In addition, they shall gain valuable knowledge about the changing nature of European community and its main driving forces.
The course will deal with the history of the European idea, the nature of post-war cooperation on the continent, the start of European integration in the 1950s and its subsequent developments (institutional reform, enlargements, external challenges...).
The focus will be on patterns and stages of integration in the changing contexts of European economy and politics, as manifest especially in the landmark treaties, achievements but also challenges of each period. Attention will be given to contexts, personalities, and major policies. What social, political, and economic forces facilitated the process of European integration and ultimately paved the way to a single European market with a common currency, common foreign and security policy, regulatory policy and citizenship? How do we determine the successes and failures of integration in particular times and particular matters? What are the contemporary challenges facing the EU and what is the future of European integration?
Course outline
1. Introduction. The Origins
a. Europe in Ruins
b. The Divorce : Start of the Cold War
c. Marshall Plan
d. The Precursors : First cooperations
2. History of European Idea
a. Where to begin?
b. Inter-war period : United States of Europe, Paneuropa
c. Nazi New Europe
d. After the war : Union of European Federalists, European Movement
3. Birth of European Community
a. Schuman Declaration
b. ECSC 1951
c. Rejection of European Defense Community
d. Failure of European Political community
4. Relaunch of Integration
a. A way leading to Rome : Beyen plan, Messina, Spaak report
b. Rome Treaties : EEC + Euratom
5. First decades of the Communities
a. 1958-68 : Ups and Downs of the Beginnings
- first steps
- French foreign policy, a challenger for Europe
- Empty chair crisis
- institutional adaptations
b. 1969 - 79 : Completion and Deepening
- political cooperation
- economic and monetary cooperation
- institutional reform
6. A Series of Reforms : Europe of the Treaties
a. Single Act
b. Maastricht
c. Amsterdam and Nice
d. Lisbon
7. Shifting Boundaries
a. Contentious Issue of UK Accession
b. First enlargement
c. Enlargements to the South
d. Enlargements to the North
e. The Big Bang and others...
8. Historiography of Europe : a new discipline
a. A new breed of historians
b. Towards emancipation from EU circles ?
9. Community of Europeans ?
a. European Identity across decades : a hot issue
b. Current Developments : economic crisis, Brexit, migration...
Modalités
2h lectures
Course format: Lectures, 18 hours (in English), 3 ECTS – 9 classes of 2h each
The course is taught via ex-cathedra lectures. Students are encouraged to participate.
The course content is illustrated by archival sources (legal documents, press coverage, photography, oral history). They will be discussed in class and their consultation remains mandatory prior to each lesson.
Course Assessment:
The course grade will be based on a final exam. The exam will consist in a 2-hour written exam, with 2 open-ended questions and 10 multiple-choice questions.
Evidence of attendance and of persistent and high-quality contribution to class discussions will also be considered in the determination of the course grade.
Ressources
Bossuat, G. Histoire de l’Union Européenne. Paris, Belin, 2009.|| Dedman, M. <i>The Origins and Development of the European Union</i>, London, Routledge, 2010.|| Dinan, D. Europe Recast: A History of European Union, 2nd edition, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2014.|| Gilbert, M. <i>European Integration, A Concise History</i>. Rowman & Littlefield, 2011.|| Kaiser, W. and Varsori A. (eds.). <i>European Union History: Themes and Debates</i>, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.|| Olivi B and Giacone, A. <i>L'Europe difficile. </i><i>La construction européenne,</i> Paris, Gallimard, 2007.|| Urwin, Derek. <em>The Community of Europe: A History of European Integration since 1945</em><em>, London: Longman, 1994.</em>