Coordination of European Policies

obligatory courses

The seminar aims to show the Students the essence of the EU Member States’ coordination of European policy. It discusses the institutional arrangements adopted for the coordination of European policies and the impact historical, political, social, and cultural factors have on the choice of the appropriate coordination model. It will also explore the role and importance of national parliaments in shaping and coordinating European policies. The seminar will examine the evolution of the Polish model. It will also analyse the presidency coordination system — legislative and executive cooperation in the implementation of tasks and the state of preparation of public administration.

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The seminar aims to show the Students the essence of the EU Member States’ coordination of European policy. It discusses the institutional arrangements adopted for the coordination of European policies and the impact historical, political, social, and cultural factors have on the choice of the appropriate coordination model. It will also explore the role and importance of national parliaments in shaping and coordinating European policies. The seminar will examine the evolution of the Polish model. It will also analyse the presidency coordination system — legislative and executive cooperation in the implementation of tasks and the state of preparation of public administration.

1. Discussion of the curriculum and rules for obtaining credit and remote work.

2. Functions of coordination and its effectiveness. Evaluating the effectiveness of European policies coordination. Obligations of the public administration as regards the European Union.

3. Challenges and coordination of the activities of the national public administration in the context of the European Union’s decision-making process. The concept of four spheres of relation. Organisational and functional conditions and prerequisites for Member State’s active participation in European policy. Models for the coordination of European policies.

4. Institutional solutions in terms of European policies coordination versus historical, social, and cultural factors. Analysis and assessment of the European policy coordination system in Germany.

5. Analysis and assessment of the European policy coordination system in France.

6. Analysis and assessment of the European policy coordination systems of Austria

7. Analysis and assessment of the European policy coordination systems of Denmark – the active role of the parliament in shaping the State’s European policy.

8. The influence of national delegation’s MEPs on the work of the EP and on national parties. Interparliamentary cooperation for European integration. The remit of European affairs committees at the national parliaments. Legislatures in the process of national decision-making on EU membership issues

9. Analysis of cooperation between the Polish Government and the Sejm and the Senate in matters concerning Poland’s integration into the EU.

10. Local and regional authorities and coordination of national European policies. Europeanisation of local and regional authorities.

11 Representative offices of Polish regions in Brussels — analysis of activity and efficiency.

12. Characteristics of the coordination system in Poland in the years 2004-2009. Jurisdictional dispute between the PM and the President of Poland in 2008.

13. Reform of the EU policy coordination system in Poland – analysis of coordination model after 1 January 2010. Role and tasks of the European Affairs Committee. Tasks of the Minister for European Affairs. The role and importance of the Polish Permanent Representation to the EU.

14. Process management in the preparation and conduct of the Presidency. Analysis of selected Presidencies of EU Member States. Polish Presidency of the Council in 2025 - administrative challenges

15. Test

R. Mieńkowska-Norkiene, Wprowadzenie: Koordynacja polityk unijnych w Polsce- konceptualizacja pojęć i znaczenie zagadnienia, [w:] R. Mieńkowska-Norkiene (red.), Koordynacja polityk unijnych w Polsce, Warszawa 2009, s. 9-27.

J. Miecznikowska, Koordynacja polityk europejskich w Republice Federalnej Niemiec - analiza i ocena efektywności, "Studia Politica Germanica" 2013, nr 1(2), s. 169-188.

J. Miecznikowska, The Europeanisation of the cooperation of the Federal Government and the parliament in the Republic of Austria – a political analysis, „Białostockie Studia Prawnicze” 2016, nr 20B, s. 245-288., dostęp on-line

M. Serowaniec, Wiedeński model kontroli spraw unijnych po wejściu w życie

Traktatu z Lizbony – teoria i praktyka, STUDIA IURIDICA TORUNIENSIA tom XVII

Ustawa o współpracy Rady Ministrów z Sejmem i Senatem w sprawach związanych z członkostwem Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Unii Europejskiej z 8 października 2010 rok Dziennik Ustaw 2010, nr 213, poz. 1395),

E. Popławska, Rola parlamentów narodowych w świetlne traktatu z Lizbony, w: Przegląd Sejmowy 5(100) 2010, s.157-158, dostęp on-line

K. Wójtowicz, Funkcja kontrolna Sejmu w zakresie integracji europejskiej, „Przegląd Sejmowy” 3(86) 2008, s. 77-91, dostęp on-line

M. Zalewska M., O.J. Gstrein, Parlamenty narodowe i ich rola w procesie integracji europejskiej: deficyt demokracji w UE w czasach kryzysu ekonomicznego i niepewności polityczne, „Studia Europejskie” 2013, nr 1 dostęp on-line

A.Czekaj-Dancewicz, Relacje duńskiego rządu z parlamentem w sprawach europejskich, „Przegląd Sejmowy” 2006, nr 3. dostęp on-line

K. Tomaszewski, Reforma systemu koordynacji polityk unijnych w Polsce, [w:] R. Mieńkowska-Norkiene (red.), Koordynacja …., op. cit. , s. 247-268.

Tabaszewski R. K. (2012), Proces koordynacji polityki europejskiej w Polsce po Traktacie z Lizbony. (in) Unia Europejska po Traktacie z Lizbony, P. Tosiek (eds), Lublin: Wydawnictwo UMCS. 75-97.

N.KASPER, M. J. Tomaszyk, Komitet do spraw europejskich w polskim systemie koordynacji polityki europejskiej, „Rocznik Integracji Europejskiej” 2013, nr 7, s. 293-310.

Ustawa z dnia 27 sierpnia 2009 r. o Komitecie do Spraw Europejskich, Dz.U. z 2009 r. Nr 161, poz. 1277.

T.G. Grosse, Europosłowie jako agenci europeizacji, w: Parlament Europejski po

Traktacie z Lizbony, J. M. Fischer (red.) Instytut Studiów Politologicznych PAN, Warszawa 2011, s. 369-376.

J. Miecznikowska, Pozycja i aktywność austriackich posłów w Parlamencie Europejskim VIII kadencji (w:) Podsumowanie VIII kadencji PE Wyzwania integracji europejskiej w latach 2014-2019, red. A. Nitszke, J. J. Węc, Kraków 2019.

R. Ladrech, Europeanization and Political Parties: Towards a Framework for Analysis, Keele European Parties Research Unit (KEPRU) Working Paper 7/ 2001 https://www.keele.ac.uk/media/keeleuniversity/group/kepru/KEPRU%20WP%207.pdf

VoteWatch.Europe, https://www.votewatch.eu/blog/ranking-by-influence

M. Kozerski, Polityka europejska Bawarii na przełomie XX i XXI wieku, Wrocław 2007, s.77-94.

Student knows and understands:

- the changes to the political, administrative, and economic systems of Member States which are the result of membership in the European Union’s integration structures [K_W06]

- EU standards and legal rules, together with their consequences, having regard for the proper functioning of the State within the organisational and decision-making structure of the European Union [KW09]

Student knows how to:

- prepare a speech with multimedia presentation which adheres to academic standards [K_U08]

- take part in the discussion, uses arguments based on the literature and opinions of experts {K_U09]

attendance

• paper on an AGREED-UPON TOPIC with a presentation and leading a group discussion

test (open and closed questions) in the last class