1. General and specific objectives of the course

To assist students in acquiring knowledge about the history of the European Union. To draw their attention to important interrelations in the history of Europe in the 19^th and 20^th centuries.

2. Contents of the course

The politics of cooperation that so significantly influenced the history of European nations started at the Conference of Vienna in the early 19^th century. It was a conservative alliance, with the participartion of Russia, an autochratic oriental power, in addition to the representatives of the highly developed western world, including England. After WW I it was, interestingly, the USA that initiated the creation of a cooperation organization of the European states. The first idea of a European Union, however, emerged in the Briand Plan. WW II tore Europe into two halves. In the western half the 1^st Hague Conference discussed the issue of a European Parliament. Western European cooperation took a tangible political form in the Council of Europe. Cooperation was further reinforced with the economic integration, which received a great impetus from MONTANUNION. A natural continuation of these efforts was the military integration, the creation, then transformation, of the European Defense Community.

Political characteristics of the 19^th-century alliance

The effects of WW I on Europe

Briand’s Plan on a European Union

The consequences of WW II on international relations

The 1^st Hague Conference

Establishing the Council of Europe

Efforts aimed at economic integration. Creation of the MONTANUNION

Attempts at a European military integration. The European Defence Community.

3. In-semester evaluation

Seminar papers, assignments, drawings, mid-term papers and reports.

4. Required external field practice: -

5. Required and recommended literature

Lothar Unqerer: Az Európai Unióról röviden. Budapest, 1993.

Európa Fórum. Budapest, 1991. november

Európai tükör. Budapest, 1997.

T. Hitiris: Az Európai Unió gazdaságtana. Budapest, 1995.

Bürger Europas: Wohnen in einem anderen Land der Europäischen Union (Generaldirektion Binnenmarkt und Finanzdienste; Europäische Kommission DE ― 1996― 15 S.

Daheim in Europa: Wohnen in einem anderen Land der Europäischen Union (Generaldirektion Binnenmarkt und Finanzdienste; Europäische Kommission DE — 1996 —15 S.

Das Europäische Parlament und die Tätigkeit der Europäischen Union: Kurzdarstellungen ― September 1993 / Generaldirektion Wissenschaft; Europäisches Parlament DE ― 1994 ― 6.

Einundvierzigster Überblick über die Tätigkeit des Rates: Bericht des Generalsekretärs; Teil I: Zusammenfassung ― 1. Januar ― 31. Dezember 1993 / Rat der Europäischen Union DE ― 1994 ― VII, 80 S.

Bürger Europas: Arbeiten in einem anderen Land der Europäischen Union / Generaldirektion Binnenmarkt und Finanzdienste; Europäische Kommission DE ― 1996 ― 15 S.

Daheim in Europa: Arbeiten in einem anderen Land der Europäischen Union / Generaldirektion Binnenmarkt und Finanzdienste; Europäische Kommission DE ― 1996 ― 15 S.

6. Equipment required : map, OHP