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- Discuss the development of the European Project from 1945 to the present day. What features have remained central to this project, and what features have been abandoned? Do you feel the European Union will still exist in 40 years? If so, why? If not, why not?
- "A United States of Europe". Listen to the speech at the link. How close is the United States of Europe, which Churchill forsaw in 1946, to reality? Is that a good thing or a bad thing, in your opinion? Why?
- Trace the enlargement of the European Union from 1973 to 2010. Can you see a limit to the enlargement of the European Union? Where? And why?
- Discuss the development of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) from its inception to 2013. What are the economic benefits and costs of the CAP? What are the prospects for redesign and changes of the CAP?
- How are the monetary and fiscal policies of the member states of the European Union connected? Are monetary and fiscal policies enacted and implemented in the same fashion within member states? If monetary and fiscal policies are different, should they be more coordinated? What are the possible benefits and costs of such a coordination?