EUROPEAN INTEGRATION: ACHIEVEMENTS AND FAILURES
The European Union is the most complex political and economic engineering project of our times. Nonetheless, the process has been uneven and subject to turbulence. It peaked with the successful launching of the euro, but the financial crisis revealed substantial shortcomings in its institutional framework. The euro was on the verge of disappearing. The reforms subsequently implemented managed to save the project, but it remains incomplete and fragile. On top of that, Brexit added fresh disruption. European governments and EU institutions are struggling to find a way towards a more resilient architecture amid discrepancies over different views and interests.
SECOND SEMESTER
SALVADOR LLAUDES
Salvador Llaudes is currently at the Spanish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, where he works specifically as a Senior Adviser at the Cabinet of the Spanish Secretary of State of the European Union. Previously he was an Analyst on EU Affairs and spent more than 6 years working at the Elcano Royal Institute, the most prestigious Spanish think tank on Internal Relations.
Skills
Students will be able to understand the economic foundations of European integration and will learn about different views underlying EU construction and about its strengths and weaknesses. Students will obtain insight into the impact of the financial crisis and the cracks that emerged in the institutional framework. Students will also be able to understand the new architecture of the European Union.
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27-feb. 5-mar. 12-mar. 19-mar. 26-mar. 2-abr.
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