How The European Union Works: Become Easily An Eu Expert

How do European politics work? Learn how the EU countries work and make EU laws together and how to follow EU news.

What you'll learn

A complete guide on the European Union

How EU politics happen

Detailed explanations of all the EU players

How EU laws are voted

An inside look in Brussels

Understand what EU Commission does

Explain what EU countries do in the EU

Answer the question 'What is the European Union?'

Follow EU news organisations and understand their language

Find all the EU legislation's history

Know how the EU money is spent

Explain why some are anti EU

How an EU vote affects the EU

Understand what the EU Parliament does

The role of ngo's

How lobbying happens

Requirements

A pen and paper can help

No previous knowledge is needed, but it can help

Description

Interested in EU politics?Want to understand how the European Union makes its decisions?Willing to have a deep understanding of all the people and organisations involved?You're at the right spot!How the European Union works: become easily an EU expertThe European Union (or shorter: EU) has a big impact on the lives of people living both inside and outside the EU. Some professors say that over 70% of the laws of the EU countries are based on decisions of the EU.However, very few citizens know or have the feeling they know what’s going on in ‘Brussels,’ the heart of the EU. Who is important and who’s not? How big is the budget? Why is there lobbying? Is it democratic? Can I make a difference?These are questions that are so basic that it’s difficult to imagine there is no clear answer. A course for beginnersAnd that's what you'll learn in this course: to explain what’s really going on. It’s meant for persons who are interested in being able to follow and explain EU news. By explaining the EU step by step, with basic terms, you’ll learn who decides what and when.Students studying international politics or EU studies may also be interested. The course gives a thorough introduction of how the EU makes decisions. At the end of each of the ten sections, there are relevant links to learn more.All the EU actorsYou’ll start by learning the EU language and the main political actors in the first 5 sections, how EU laws are voted in section 6 followed by a section on the budget. You’ll also learn why people dislike the EU, and the remaining actors, such as NGO's, are covered in the last 2 sections.You’ll also see a number of misconceptions and learn whether they are true or not. For example, how big the EU's budget really is. Or why EU countries aren't the only ones deciding what the European Union does.Enrol today!By the end of the course, you'll be able to explain how the European Union makes its decisions, what impact Europe has on you in your everyday life, what impact you can have on the European Union, and how you can get most out of the EU. So let's get on the road to become an EU expert!You'll also get a free ebook to guide you in the course.I guarantee:Full, free lifetime accessAll future extra lectures and upgrades are always included for freeUnconditional Udemy 30 day money-back guaranteeHappy learning,Alain

Overview

Section 1: Introduction: the European Union

Lecture 1 Introduction: about the course

Lecture 2 What is the European Union?

Lecture 3 The EU's language: EU jargon

Lecture 4 More info

Section 2: The European Council

Lecture 5 EU institutions

Lecture 6 To Brussels!

Lecture 7 Background lecture

Lecture 8 More info

Section 3: The European Commission

Lecture 9 Introduction

Lecture 10 The Commission: who's who

Lecture 11 The role of the Commission

Lecture 12 More info

Section 4: The Council of the European Union

Lecture 13 Introduction

Lecture 14 Who's who

Lecture 15 The role of the Council

Lecture 16 More info

Section 5: The European Parliament

Lecture 17 Introduction: the European Parliament

Lecture 18 The Parliament and the European elections

Lecture 19 The Parliament's tasks and organisation

Lecture 20 Who's the strongest?

Lecture 21 More info

Section 6: Voting EU laws

Lecture 22 Intro: making laws in the EU

Lecture 23 The architecture: treaties

Lecture 24 Laws: the procedures

Lecture 25 One example

Lecture 26 Conclusion

Lecture 27 More info

Section 7: The European Union's budget

Lecture 28 The budget: how big is it really?

Lecture 29 Who receives?

Lecture 30 Who pays?

Lecture 31 Conclusion

Lecture 32 More info

Section 8: Euroscepticism

Lecture 33 Intro & example

Lecture 34 Euroscepticists' arguments

Lecture 35 Measuring Euroscepticism

Lecture 36 Conclusion

Lecture 37 More info

Section 9: Other EU organisations

Lecture 38 The European Central Bank

Lecture 39 Court of Justice

Lecture 40 Court of Auditors and other 'bodies'

Lecture 41 More info

Section 10: The other players

Lecture 42 Introduction: the non-EU players

Lecture 43 National parliaments

Lecture 44 Citizens

Lecture 45 NGO's, lobbies, think tanks

Lecture 46 Media

Lecture 47 Other countries

Lecture 48 More info

Section 11: Bonus section

Lecture 49 Goodbye

Lecture 50 Bonus lecture: Links & books

Persons that understand English and that want to learn how the European Union works,Students wanting to understand European Union debates,News readers who want more background on European Union news stories